New populations at high risk of HIV/STIs in low-income, urban Coastal Peru

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 544-551

  Cáceres, Carlos F ^a,c   Konda, Kelika A ^c   Salazar, Ximena ^a   Leon, Segundo R ^a   Klausner, Jeffrey D ^b   Lescano, Andrés G ^a,d   Maiorana, André ^b   Kegeles, Susan ^b   Jones, Franca R ^d   Coates, Thomas J ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d California   (Peru)

Author keywords

Community intervention trial; HIV epidemiology; MSM; Risk; Sexual behavior; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PERU; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PERU; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 45849086186     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-007-9348-y     Document Type: Article

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