What is the potential impact of adult circumcision on the HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men in San Francisco?

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 353-355

  Wei, Chongyi ^a   Raymond, H Fisher ^b   McFarland, Willi ^b,c   Buchbinder, Susan ^b,c   Fuchs, Jonathan D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; DATA COLLECTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAN FRANCISCO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953224783     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181fe6523     Document Type: Article

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