Men who have sex with men: Stigma and discrimination

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9839, 2012, Pages 439-445

  Altman, Dennis ^a   Aggleton, Peter ^b   Williams, Michael ^c   Kong, Travis ^d   Reddy, Vasu ^e   Harrad, David ^f   Reis, Toni ^g   Parker, Richard ^h  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^f Grupo Dignidade   (Brazil)

^g Associação Brasileira de Lésbicas   (Brazil)

^h Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANXIETY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GOVERNMENT; HOMOPHOBIA; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STIGMA; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84864290118     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60920-9     Document Type: Note

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