Hepatitis B vaccination among a national sample of gay and bisexual men

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 235-238

  Reiter, Paul L ^a,b   Brewer, Noel T ^a,b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951679561     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181f422bb     Document Type: Article

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