Prevalence of same-sex sexual behavior and associated characteristics among low-income urban males in Peru

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Clark, Jesse L ^a   Caceres, Carlos F ^b   Lescano, Andres G ^c   Konda, Kelida A ^a   Leon, Segundo R ^b   Jones, Franca R ^d   Kegeles, Susan M ^e   Klausner, Jeffrey D ^f   Coates, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c Peru   (Peru)

^d NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHLAMYDIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PERU; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SYMPTOM; SYPHILIS; URBAN AREA; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERU; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL CLASS; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

CHLAMYDIA; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2;

EID: 40749123514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000778     Document Type: Article

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