Risk-based HIV testing of men who have sex with men would result in missed HIV diagnoses

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 492-

  Vodstrcil, Lenka A ^a,b   Fairley, Christopher K ^a,b   Chen, Marcus Y ^a,b   Denham, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANILINGUS; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CONDOM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LETTER; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SOCIAL STIGMA;

HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84861232274     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318254c6fa     Document Type: Letter

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