Differences in access to healthcare and utilisation of HIV and sexually transmissible infection services between men who have sex with men and men who have sex only with women: Results of the 2006-10 National Survey of Family Growth in the United States

Sexual Health

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 363-368

  Tao, Guoyu ^a   Hoover, Karen W ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL COUNSELING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881145244     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH13017     Document Type: Article

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