Prevalence and correlates of hiv and syphilis infections among men who have sex with men in chongqing municipality, China

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 647-656

  Xiao, Yan ^a   Ding, Xianbin ^b   Li, Chunmei ^c   Liu, Jianbo ^b   Sun, Jiangping ^a   Jia, Yujiang ^d  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Department of General Surgery   (China)

^c HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SAUNA; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SYPHILIS;

EID: 70350508435     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181aac23d     Document Type: Article

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