Gay men who are not getting tested for HIV

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1887-1894

  Zablotska, I ^a   Holt, M ^b   De Wit, J ^a   McKechnie, M ^a   Mao, L ^b   Prestage, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gay men; HIV; HIV testing; Sexual behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CONDOM; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CONDOMS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868462089     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0184-3     Document Type: Article

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