Sexual history taking and sexually transmissible infection screening practices among men who have sex with men: A survey of Victorian general practitioners

Sexual Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 349-354

  Barber, Bridget ^a   Hellard, Margaret ^b   Jenkinson, Rebecca ^b   Spelman, Tim ^b   Stoove, Mark ^b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; barriers; HIV; testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEDICAL HISTORY; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VICTORIA;

EID: 84860393689     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH10079     Document Type: Article

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