Same race and older partner selection may explain higher HIV prevalence among black men who have sex with men

AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 2349-2350

  Berry, Mark ^a   Raymond, H Fisher ^a   McFarland, Willi ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; CALIFORNIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 37348999856     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3282f12f41     Document Type: Article

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