Sexual and geographic organisation of men who have sex with men in a large East African city: Opportunities for outreach

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Ross, Michael W ^a   Nyoni, Joyce ^b   Bowen, Anne M ^c   Williams, Mark L ^d   Kashiha, John J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NATIONAL PARK; OPERATION DURATION; POLICE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SUBURBAN AREA;

EID: 84873113733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001813     Document Type: Article

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