Men who have sex with men in india: A systematic review of the literature

Journal of LGBT Health Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 51-70

  Setia, Maninder Singh ^a   Brassard, Paul ^a   Jerajani, Hemangi R ^b   Bharat, Shalini ^c   Gogate, Alka ^d   Kumta, Sameer ^e   Row Kavi, Ashok ^f   Anand, Vivek ^f   Boivin, Jean Francois ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LOKMANYA TILAK MUNICIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE AND GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^c TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d Consultant Working out of Mumbai ^*  (India)

^e BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^f The Humsafar Trust   (India)

Author keywords

India; Men who have sex with men; Sexually transmitted infections; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREVENTION STUDY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; MALE; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 70449704523     PISSN: 15574091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15574090902913727     Document Type: Article

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