Factors associated with sexual violence against men who have sex with men and transgendered individuals in karnataka, india

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Shaw, Souradet Y ^a   Lorway, Robert R ^a   Deering, Kathleen N ^b,c   Avery, Lisa ^a   Mohan, H L ^d   Bhattacharjee, Parinita ^d   Reza Paul, Sushena ^a   Isac, Shajy ^d   Ramesh, Banadakoppa M ^d   Washington, Reynold ^a,d   Moses, Stephen ^a   Blanchard, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d KARNATAKA HEALTH PROMOTION TRUST   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENDER IDENTITY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; MARRIAGE; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIOLENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK-TAKING; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNSAFE SEX; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84858675407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031705     Document Type: Article

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