Circumcision status and HIV infection among black and Latino men who have sex with men in 3 US cities

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 643-650

  Millett, Gregorio A ^a   Ding, Helen ^a   Lauby, Jennifer ^b   Flores, Stephen ^a   Stueve, Ann ^c   Bingham, Trista ^d   Carballo Dieguez, Alex ^e   Murrill, Chris ^f   Liu, Kai Lih ^f   Wheeler, Darrell ^g   Liau, Adrian ^a   Marks, Gary ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Philadelphia Hlth Mgmt Corporation   (United States)

^c EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^d Los Angeles County Department of Public Health   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^f New York City Department of Mental Health and Hygiene   (United States)

^g CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Black; Circumcision; HIV AIDS; Homosexual; Latino; Men who have sex with men

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HISPANIC; HIV ANTIBODY TEST; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCREENING TEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36549083009     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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