Circumcision among men who have sex with men in Scotland: Limited potential for HIV prevention

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 404-406

  McDaid, Lisa M ^a   Weiss, Helen A ^b   Hart, Graham J ^c  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCOTLAND; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958033400     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2010.042895     Document Type: Article

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