Risk factors for HIV infection in Males who have Sex with Males (MSM) in Bangladesh

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Chan, Philip A ^a   Khan, Omar A ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNSAFE SEX; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; CONDOMS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 34547200069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-153     Document Type: Article

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