Awareness and Willingness to Use HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis amongst Gay and Bisexual Men in Scotland: Implications for Biomedical HIV Prevention

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Young, Ingrid ^a   Li, Jessica ^a   McDaid, Lisa ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AWARENESS; BISEXUAL MALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRE EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PROPHYLAXIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM; UNPROTECTED SEX; AGED; BISEXUALITY; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; BISEXUALITY; CHEMOPREVENTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND;

EID: 84877851667     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064038     Document Type: Article

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