Incidence of sexually transmitted diseases and HIV infection in men who have sex with men related to knowledge, perceived susceptibility, and perceived severity of sexually transmitted diseases and HIV infection: Dutch MSM-cohort study

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 193-198

  Van Der Snoek, Eric M ^a   De Wit, John B F ^b   Gotz, Hannelore M ^c   Mulder, Paul G H ^a   Neumann, Martino H A ^a   Van Der Meijden, Willem I ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFE SEX; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 33645983217     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000194593.58251.8d     Document Type: Article

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