Network analysis among HIV-infected young black men who have sex with men demonstrates high connectedness around few venues

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 206-212

  Oster, Alexandra M ^a,b   Wejnert, Cyprian ^b   Mena, Leandro A ^c   Elmore, Kim ^b   Fisher, Holly ^b   Heffelfinger, James D ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; POPULATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MISSISSIPPI; PHYLOGENY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL NETWORKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874030542     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3182840373     Document Type: Article

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