Circumcision among men who have sex with men in London, United Kingdom: An unlikely strategy for HIV prevention

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 928-931

  Thornton, Alicia C ^a   Lattimore, Samuel ^a   Delpech, Valerie ^a   Weiss, Helen A ^b   Elford, Jonathan ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CIRCUMCISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052967915     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318221562a     Document Type: Article

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