HIV serosorting as a harm reduction strategy: Evidence from Seattle, Washington

AIDS

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 2497-2506

  Cassels, Susan ^a   Menza, Timothy W ^b   Goodreau, Steven M ^a   Golden, Matthew R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV testing; HIV AIDS; Homosexual men; Mathematical modeling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CONDOMS; HARM REDUCTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREVALENCE; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WASHINGTON;

EID: 72949085977     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e328330ed8a     Document Type: Article

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