Sexual partner's age as a risk factor for HIV seroconversion in a cohort of HIV-negative homosexual men in Sydney

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2426-2429

  Jin, Fengyi ^a   Grulich, Andrew E ^a   Mao, Limin ^b   Zablotska, Iryna ^a   O'Dwyer, Matthew ^a   Poynten, Mary ^a   Prestage, Garrett P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age mixing; Australia; Cohort study; HIV risk; Homosexuality; Male

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882604549     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0350-7     Document Type: Article

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