Epidemiology of male same-sex behaviour and associated sexual health indicators in low- and middle-income countries: 2003-2007 Estimates

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 84, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Cáceres, Carlos F ^a   Konda, K ^a   Segura, E R ^a   Lyerla, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONDOM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSSEXUALISM;

CONDOMS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 49049095056     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2008.030569     Document Type: Article

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