Risk factors for HIV and unprotected anal intercourse among men who have sex with men (MSM) in almaty, Kazakhstan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Berry, Mark ^a   Wirtz, Andrea L ^a   Janayeva, Assel ^b   Ragoza, Valentina ^b   Terlikbayeva, Assel ^c   Amirov, Bauyrzhan ^c   Baral, Stefan ^a   Beyrer, Chris ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Amulet Public Organization   (Kazakhstan)

^c Global Health Research Center of Central Asia   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUBRICATING AGENT;

ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KAZAKHSTAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; KAZAKHSTAN; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84865304567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043071     Document Type: Article

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