Patterns of HIV and sexually transmitted infection testing among men who have sex with men couples in the United States

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 871-876

  Mitchell, Jason W ^a,b   Petroll, Andrew E ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CHLAMYDIASIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; GONORRHEA; HEALTH INSURANCE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; GONORRHEA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867700803     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3182649135     Document Type: Article

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