Unseen and unheard: Predictors of sexual risk behavior and HIV infection among men who have sex with men in Chennai, India

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 372-383

  Thomas, Beena ^a   Mimiaga, Matthew J ^b   Menon, Sunil ^e   Chandrasekaran, V ^a   Murugesan, P ^a   Swaminathan, Soumya ^a   Mayer, Kenneth H ^c,d   Safren, Steven A ^b  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MGH Behavioral Medicine ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CONDOM; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MARRIAGE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RELIGION; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 69349090869     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2009.21.4.372     Document Type: Article

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