Improved measures of racial mixing among men who have sex with men using Newman's assortativity coefficient

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 616-620

  Bohl, Daniel D ^a   McFarland, Willi ^b   Raymond, H Fisher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ETHNIC GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 82555165857     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050103     Document Type: Article

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