How much attention is needed towards men who sell sex to men for HIV prevention in India?

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Dandona, Lalit ^a   Dandona, Rakhi ^a   Kumar, G Anil ^a   Gutierrez, Juan Pablo ^b   McPherson, Sam ^c   Bertozzi, Stefano M ^b  

^a ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF COLLEGE OF INDIA   (India)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c International HIV AIDS Alliance   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 33645512824     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-31     Document Type: Article

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