Willingness of men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States to be circumcised as adults to reduce the risk of HIV infection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Begley, Elin B ^a   Jafa, Krishna ^a   Voetsch, Andrew C ^a   Heffelfinger, James D ^a   Borkowf, Craig B ^a   Sullivan, Patrick S ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE SPECIFIC CARE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; BISEXUAL MALE; CIRCUMCISION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; NEGRO; PENIS CANCER; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; WOUND INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 50249160100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002731     Document Type: Article

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