Changes in regular condom use among immigrant transsexuals attending a counselling and testing reference site in central Rome: A 12 year study

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 541-545

  Zaccarelli, Mauro ^a   Spizzichino, L ^b   Venezia, S ^b   Antinori, A ^a   Gattari, P ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^b ASL RME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; COUNSELING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; IMMIGRANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFE SEX; SEROCONVERSION; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADULT; CONDOMS; COUNSELING; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SAFE SEX; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 10344263898     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2004.010769     Document Type: Article

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