A pilot study describing knowledge and practices in the health care of men who have sex with men by U.S. Air Force primary care providers

Military Medicine

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Tong, Robert L ^a   Lane, Jason ^a   McCleske, Patricky ^a   Montenegro, Brian ^a   Mansalis, Katherine ^a  

^a DAVID GRANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MASS SCREENING; MILITARY MEDICINE; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOLDIER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICS;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875469114     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00331     Document Type: Article

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