Strategies and ethical considerations for the recruitment of young men who have sex with men: Challenges of a vaccination trial in Mexico

Clinical Trials

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 365-372

  Gutiérrez Luna, Arturo ^a   Angeles Llerenas, Angelica ^a   Wirtz, Veronika J ^a   Del Río, Álvarez Asunción ^b   Zamilpa Mejía, Laura ^a   Aranda Flores, Carlos ^c   Viramontes, Jose Luis ^d   Lazcano Ponce, Eduardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PERINATOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^d PPD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; CONFIDENTIALITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEXICO; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VACCINATION; WART VIRUS; ADOLESCENT; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 11; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 16; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 18; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 6; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PREJUDICE; RESEARCH ETHICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS 11; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS 16; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS 18; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS 6; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEXICO; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PREJUDICE; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449707421     PISSN: 17407745     EISSN: 17407753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1740774509340058     Document Type: Article

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