Epidemiologic data on young men of color who have sex with men

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Phillips, Gregory ^a   Wohl, Amy ^b   Xavier, Jessica ^c   Jones, Karen ^a   Hidalgo, Julia ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Los Angeles County Department of Public Health   (United States)

^c HRSA/HAB/SPNS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860412024     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: 15577449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2011.9882     Document Type: Review

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