Low HIV-testing rates among younger high-risk homosexual men in Amsterdam

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 387-391

  Stolte, Ineke G ^a,b   De Wit, John B F ^c   Kolader, Marion E ^d   Fennema, Han S A ^d   Coutinho, Roel A ^b,e   Dukers, Nicole H T M ^b  

^a Health Service Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^b Health Service of Amsterdam ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 34547819795     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2005.019133     Document Type: Article

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