Risk behaviors and sexually transmitted diseases in gay and heterosexual men attending an STD clinic in Tel Aviv, Israel: A cross-sectional study

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 147-151

  Mor, Zohar ^a   Shohat, Tamy ^a,b   Goor, Yael ^a   Dan, Michael ^a,b,c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Drug use; Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); Men having sex with men (MSM); Sexually transmitted diseases (STD); Tel Aviv

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; CHLAMYDIAL URETHRITIS; CIRCUMCISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG USE; GONORRHEA; HERPES SIMPLEX; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MORBIDITY; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84859091353     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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