Predictors of retention among men attending STI clinics in HIV prevention programs and research: A case control study in Pune, India

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Sahay, Seema ^a   Gupte, Nikhil ^b   Brahme, Radhika G ^a   Nirmalkar, Amit ^a   Bembalkar, Shilpa ^a   Bollinger, Robert C ^c   Mehendale, Sanjay ^d  

^a NATIONAL AIDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical College   (India)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d National Institute of Epidemiology   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL ULCER; HEALTH CENTER; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED MAN; MONOGAMY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREDICTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE;

EID: 79952604237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017448     Document Type: Article

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