Risk factors for HIV seroconversion in homosexual men in Australia

Sexual Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-51

  Volk, Jonathan E ^a   Prestage, Garrett ^a   Jin, Fengyi ^a   Kaldor, John ^a   Ellard, Jeanne ^b   Kippax, Susan ^b   Grulich, Andrew E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drugs; Gay men; Seroconverter; Strategic positioning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BISEXUALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION;

AUSTRALIA; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33144466906     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH05020     Document Type: Article

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