Social networking technologies as an emerging tool for HIV prevention

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 318-324

  Young, Sean D ^a   Cumberland, William G ^a,b   Lee, Sung Jae ^a   Jaganath, Devan ^a   Szekeres, Greg ^a   Coates, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SOCIAL NETWORKING; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84883321346     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-159-5-201309030-00005     Document Type: Article

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