Increase in HIV sexual risk behaviour in homosexual men in Scotland, 1996-2002: Prevention failure?

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 367-372

  Hart, Graham J ^a   Williamson, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SCOTLAND; SEXUAL PARTNERS; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 27144540932     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2004.013995     Document Type: Article

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