Sexual risk behaviors and HIV infection among men who have sex with men who use the internet in Beijing and Urumqi, China

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Zou, Huachun ^a   Wu, Zunyou ^a   Yu, Jianping ^b   Li, Min ^b   Ablimit, Muhtar ^c   Li, Fan ^c   Pang, Lin ^a   Juniper, Naomi ^a  

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

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

^c Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

China; HIV; Internet; Men who have sex with men; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MIXED INFECTION; MOUTH ULCER; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; CONDOMS; DATA COLLECTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAFE SEX; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75749107875     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181c7dd2b     Document Type: Article

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