Would gay men change their sexual behavior to reduce syphilis rates?

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1145-1150

  McCann, Pol Dominic ^a   Gray, Richard T ^a   Hoare, Alexander ^a   Bradley, Jack ^a   Down, Ian ^a,b   Donovan, Basil ^a   Wilson, David P ^a   Prestage, Garrett ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; ONLINE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CONDOMS; FOCUS GROUPS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81355123452     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318238b846     Document Type: Article

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