Men who have sex with men: A management approach for GPs

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 797-800

  Baber, James ^a   Dayan, Linda ^b,c  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 36048950650     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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