The changing age distribution of men who have sex with men diagnosed with HIV in Victoria

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 193, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 655-658

  El Hayek, Carol ^a   Bergeri, Isabel ^a   Hellard, Margaret E ^a   Pedrana, Alisa E ^a,b   Higgins, Nasra ^c   Breschkin, Alan ^d   Stoové, Mark ^a  

^a BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^d VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONDOM; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TREND STUDY;

EID: 78650196209     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb04095.x     Document Type: Article

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