Men who have sex with men: Perceptions about sexual risk, HIV and sexually transmitted disease testing, and provider communication

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-119

  Mimiaga, Matthew J ^a,b   Goldhammer, Hilary ^a   Belanoff, Candice ^b   Tetu, Ashley M ^a,c   Mayer, Kenneth H ^a,d  

^a FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; SAMPLING; SCREENING TEST; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BOSTON; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICATION; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 33846408669     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000225327.13214.bf     Document Type: Article

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