Men who have sex with men: New emerging threat of HIV/AIDS spread in Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 419-420

  Altaf, Arshad ^a   Abbas, Sohail ^a   Zaheer, Hasan Abbas ^b  

^a Canadian International Development Agency   (Canada)

^b Ministry of Health   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CONDOM; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 48249120080     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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