Willingness to Participate in HIV Vaccine Trials among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Chennai and Mumbai, India: A Social Ecological Approach

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Chakrapani, Venkatesan ^a,b   Newman, Peter A ^c   Singhal, Neeti ^b   Jerajani, Jhalak ^b   Shunmugam, Murali ^a,b  

^a Centre for Sexuality and Health Research and Policy (C SHaRP)   (India)

^b The Humsafar Trust   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIV EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; INDIA; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AIDS VACCINES; ALTRUISM; CITIES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DEMOGRAPHY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SPOUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870733067     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051080     Document Type: Article

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