Predictors of HIV testing among men who have sex with men in a large Chinese City

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 235-240

  Zhang, Lan ^a,b   Xiao, Yan ^b,c   Lu, Rongrong ^d   Wu, Guohui ^d   Ding, Xianbin ^d   Qian, Han Zhu ^a,c   McFarland, Willi ^e,f   Ruan, Yuhua ^b   Vermund, Sten H ^a,c   Shao, Yiming ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Chongqing Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^e SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CONDOM; CONFIDENTIALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; SYPHILIS;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84874056625     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31827ca6b9     Document Type: Article

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