Internet as a tool to access high-risk men who have sex with men from a resource-constrained setting: A study from Peru

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 567-570

  Blas, M M ^a   Alva, I E ^a   Cabello, R ^b   Garcia, P J ^a   Carcamo, C ^a   Redmon, M ^c   Kimball, A M ^c   Ryan, R ^c   Kurth, A E ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia ^*  (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CONDOMS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYPHILIS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 37349121119     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2007.027276     Document Type: Article

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