Physician awareness of sexual orientation and preventive health recommendations to men who have sex with men

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-67

  Petroll, Andrew E ^a   Mosack, Katie E ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MASS SCREENING; NEGRO; PHYSICIAN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RURAL AREA; SELF DISCLOSURE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650815262     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181ebd50f     Document Type: Article

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