HIV Infection and Testing among Latino Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States: The Role of Location of Birth and Other Social Determinants

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Oster, Alexandra M ^a   Russell, Kate ^a   Wiegand, Ryan E ^a   Valverde, Eduardo ^a   Forrest, David W ^b   Cribbin, Melissa ^a   Le, Binh C ^a   Paz Bailey, Gabriela ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883371674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073779     Document Type: Article

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