Biological and demographic causes of high HIV and sexually transmitted disease prevalence in men who have sex with men

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 458-462

  Goodreau, Steven M ^a   Golden, Matthew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 35748934142     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2007.025627     Document Type: Article

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