Not at all so hard-to-reach: Same-sex attracted men in Dar es Salaam

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 195-208

  Moen, Kåre ^a   Aggleton, Peter ^b   Leshabari, Melkizedeck T ^c   Middelthon, Anne Lise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Africa; hard to reach populations; HIV; men who have sex with men; most at risk populations; MSM; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TANZANIA;

ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREJUDICE; RISK-TAKING; TANZANIA;

EID: 84859123868     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2011.632825     Document Type: Article

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