Sexual health of ethnic minority MSM in Britain (MESH project): Design and methods

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Elford, Jonathan ^a   McKeown, Eamonn ^a   Doerner, Rita ^a   Nelson, Simon ^b   Low, Nicola ^c   Anderson, Jane ^d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TERRENCE HIGGINS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNIC GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREJUDICE; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK-TAKING; STEREOTYPING; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 77954502561     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-419     Document Type: Article

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