'Serosorting' in casual anal sex of HIV-negative gay men is noteworthy and is increasing in Sydney, Australia

AIDS

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1204-1206

  Mao, Limin ^a   Crawford, June M ^a   Hospers, Harm J ^c   Prestage, Garrett P ^b   Grulich, Andrew E ^b   Kaldor, John M ^b   Kippax, Susan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONDOM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL DEVIATION; UNSAFE SEX;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEGOTIATING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 33646895890     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000226964.17966.75     Document Type: Article

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