Circumcision and HIV prevention among men who have sex with men: No final word

JAMA

Volumn 300, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1698-1700

  Vermund, Sten H ^a,b   Qian, Han Zhu ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 53749084748     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.300.14.1698     Document Type: Editorial

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