Men who have sex with men and women in Bangalore, South India, and potential impact on the HIV epidemic

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 187-192

  Phillips, A E ^a   Lowndes, C M ^b,c   Boily, M C ^a,c   Garnett, G P ^a   Gurav, K ^d   Ramesh, B M ^d   Anthony, J ^d   Moses, S ^e   Alary, M ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEBEC   (Canada)

^d KARNATAKA HEALTH PROMOTION TRUST   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 77953804307     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2009.038216     Document Type: Article

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