Community event-based outreach screening for syphilis and other sexually transmissible infections among gay men in Sydney, Australia

Sexual Health

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 357-362

  Read, Phillip J ^a,b   Knight, Vickie ^a   Bourne, Christopher ^a,c   Guy, Rebecca ^b   Donovan, Basil ^a,b   Allan, Warwick ^a   Mcnulty, Anna M ^a,c  

^a SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mardi Gras; men who have sex with men; point of care; sexually transmissible infections.; testing tent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONDOM; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MARKETING; SOCIAL MEDIA; SYPHILIS; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

AUSTRALIA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYPHILIS;

EID: 84881126341     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH13012     Document Type: Article

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