Trends in sexually transmitted diseases and risky behaviors among HIV-infected patients at an outpatient clinic in Southern Taiwan

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 86-93

  Lee, Hsin Chun ^a,b   Ko, Nai Ying ^a   Lee, Nan Yao ^b   Chang, Chia Ming ^b   Liu, Shiao Ying ^b   Ko, Wen Chien ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649171795     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181bd8301     Document Type: Article

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