High level of hepatitis B infection and ongoing risk among Asian/Pacific Islander men who have sex with men, San Francisco, 2000-2001

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-48

  Choi, Kyung Hee ^a   McFarland, Willi ^b   Neilands, Torsten B ^a   Nguyen, Sean ^b   Secura, Gina ^c   Behel, Stephanie ^d   Mackellar, Duncan ^d   Valleroy, Linda ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b S Francisco Dept of Public Health   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; HEPATITIS B; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 11144224911     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000148296.93945.53     Document Type: Article

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