Estimating the regional distribution of men who have sex with men (MSM) based on Internet surveys

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Marcus, Ulrich ^a   Schmidt, Axel J ^b   Hamouda, Osamah ^a   Bochow, Michael ^b  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HOMOSEXUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GERMANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68149152992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-180     Document Type: Article

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