Self-reported sexually transmitted infections and their correlates among men who have sex with men in Norway: An Internet-based cross-sectional survey

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Jakopanec, Irena ^a   Schimmer, Barbara ^b   Grjibovski, Andrej M ^a,c,d   Klouman, Elise ^a,c   Aavitsland, Preben ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d NORTHERN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; GONORRHEA; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; UNSAFE SEX; ADDICTION; HOMOSEXUALITY; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956488162     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-261     Document Type: Article

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