Trends in sexually transmitted diseases, sexual risk behavior, and HIV infection among Asian/Pacific Islander men who have sex with men, San Francisco, 1999-2005

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 262-264

  Raymond, H Fisher ^a,d   Chen, Sanny ^a   Truong, Hong Ha M ^c   Knapper, Karl B ^b   Klausner, Jeffrey D ^a   Choi, Kyung Hee ^c   Mcfarland, Willi ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b STOP AIDS Project   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d AIDS Office San Francisco   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC GROUP; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; RISK-TAKING; SAN FRANCISCO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 34248216638     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000237854.25406.ad     Document Type: Article

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