HIV status of sexual partners is more important than antiretroviral treatment related perceptions for risk taking by HIV positive MSM in Montreal, Canada

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 518-523

  Cox, Joseph ^a,b,c,d,e   Beauchemin, J ^b,c   Allard, R ^b,c,e  

^a Montreal Public Health Department ^*  (Canada)

^b Montreal Public Health Department   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^d MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUEBEC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 10344229414     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2004.011288     Document Type: Article

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