Differing trends in sexual risk behaviours in three Australian states: New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland, 1998-2006

Sexual Health

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-130

  Zablotska, Iryna B ^a   Prestage, Garrett ^b   Grulich, Andrew E ^b   Imrie, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

HIV; HIV serostatus disclosure; Knowledge of HIV serostatus; Regular relationships; Unprotected sex with casual partners

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREVALENCE; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; TIME FACTORS; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION; VICTORIA;

EID: 44649194034     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH07076     Document Type: Article

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