Men who have sex with transgender women: Challenges to category-based HIV prevention

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-26

  Operario, Don ^a   Burton, Jennifer ^a   Underhill, Kristen ^a   Sevelius, Jae ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Men; Qualitative; Sexual orientation; Transgender

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; TRANSSEXUALISM;

FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; SAN FRANCISCO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 38449087101     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-007-9303-y     Document Type: Article

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