HIV and related risk behavior among men who have sex with men in Zanzibar, Tanzania: Results of a behavioral surveillance survey

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 186-192

  Dahoma, Mohammed ^a   Johnston, Lisa G ^b   Holman, Abigail ^c   Miller, Leigh Ann ^b   Mussa, Mahmoud ^a   Othman, Asha ^a   Khatib, Ahmed ^a   Issa, Ramadhan ^a   Kendall, Carl ^b   Kim, Andrea A ^c  

^a Ministry of Health Zanzibar   (Tanzania)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; HIV; Men who have sex with men; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TANZANIA; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TANZANIA; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951678104     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-009-9646-7     Document Type: Article

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