Prevalence and risk factors associated with HIV infection among men having sex with men in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 476-482

  Nguyen, Tuan Anh ^a   Nguyen, Hien Tran ^a   Le, Giang Truong ^b   Detels, Roger ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^b Department of Health Services ^*  (Viet Nam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial sex workers (CSWs); HIV; Injection drug users (IDUs); Men having sex with men (MSM); Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; COITUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIETNAM;

EID: 43449109215     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-007-9267-y     Document Type: Article

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