Increasing sexual risk behaviour among Dutch men who have sex with men: Mathematical models versus prospective cohort data

AIDS

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1840-1843

  Van Sighem, Ard ^a   Jansen, Iralice ^b   Bezemer, Daniela ^a   De Wolf, Frank ^a,c   Prins, Maria ^b,d   Stolte, Ineke ^b   Fraser, Christophe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Internal Medicine   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84866314964     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283574df9     Document Type: Letter

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