Original article for BMC Infectious Diseases What is the potential for bisexual men in China to act as a bridge of HIV transmission to the female population? Behavioural evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Chow, Eric P F ^a   Wilson, David P ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Corner of West and Boundary Streets ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Bisexual behaviour; Condom use; Men who have sex with men (MSM); Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; CHINA; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MARRIAGE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CHINA; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 80052839498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-242     Document Type: Article

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