HIV prevention interventions in Chennai, India: Are men who have sex with men being reached?

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 981-986

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

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72849129569     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2009.0092     Document Type: Article

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