"There's No Pamphlet for the Kind of Sex I Have": HIV-Related Risk Factors and Protective Behaviors Among Transgender Men Who Have Sex With Nontransgender Men

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 398-410

  Sevelius, Jae ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

gender identity; HIV sexually transmitted infection prevention; men who have sex with men; sexual risk; transgender men

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSSEXUALISM;

HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 69249247045     PISSN: 10553290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jana.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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