Gay and bisexual men's views on rapid self-testing for HIV

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2093-2099

  Bilardi, Jade E ^a,c   Walker, Sandra ^b   Read, Tim ^b,c   Prestage, Garrett ^d   Chen, Marcus Y ^b,c   Guy, Rebecca ^d   Bradshaw, Catriona ^b,c   Fairley, Christopher K ^b,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acceptability; MSM; Qualitative; Rapid HIV test; Self testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; COST; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CARE; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICS; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; BISEXUALITY; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SELF CARE; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84879028649     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0395-7     Document Type: Article

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