Contemporary HIV diagnoses trends in Australia can be predicted by trends in unprotected anal intercourse among gay men

AIDS

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1955-1958

  Zablotska, Iryna B ^a   Prestage, Garrett ^a   Middleton, Melanie ^a   Wilson, David ^a   Grulich, Andrew E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FORECASTING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 77954757905     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32833bf74a     Document Type: Article

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