The interrelationship of men's self-reports of sexual risk behavior and symptoms and laboratory-confirmed STI-status in India

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-170

  Saggurti, Niranjan ^a   Schensul, Stephen L ^b   Verma, Ravi K ^c  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c International Center for Research on Women   (India)

Author keywords

India; sensitivity; sexually transmitted infections; STI like symptoms; unsafe sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GENITAL ULCER; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; KNOWLEDGE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNSAFE SEX; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 79251496466     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2010.487087     Document Type: Article

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