Married men who have sex with men: The bridge to HIV prevention in Mumbai, India

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 687-691

  Setia, Maninder Singh ^c   Sivasubramanian, Murugesan ^a   Anand, Vivek ^a   Row Kavi, Ashok ^a   Jerajani, Hemangi R ^b  

^a The Humsafar Trust   (India)

^b LOKMANYA TILAK MUNICIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE AND GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^c NONE

Author keywords

HIV prevention; India; Married MSM; Risk behaviours

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MALE; RISK; SPOUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK-TAKING; SPOUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951954628     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-010-0173-0     Document Type: Article

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