HIV vulnerability of men who have sex with men in developing countries: Horizons studies, 2001-2008

Public Health Reports

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 316-324

  Geibel, Scott ^a   Tun, Waimar ^b   Tapsoba, Placide ^c   Kellerman, Scott ^b,d  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (Kenya)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^c POPULATION COUNCIL   (Ghana)

^d MANAGEMENT SCIENCES FOR HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BRAZIL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; KENYA; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NONHUMAN; PARAGUAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENEGAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AMERICA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICS; UNSAFE SEX; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AFRICA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH PLANNING SUPPORT; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK-TAKING; STEREOTYPING; UNSAFE SEX; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 77950361135     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491012500222     Document Type: Review

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