Lack of HIV testing and awareness of HIV infection among men who have sex with men, Beijing, China

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-43

  Choi, Kyung Hee ^a   Lui, Hui ^b   Guo, Yaqi ^c   Han, Lei ^a   Mandel, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c Beijing Tongzhi Hotline Program   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVIATION; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; CHINA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33645005678     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: 08999546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2006.18.1.33     Document Type: Article

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