HIV Testing Patterns among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Qualitative Typology

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Hussen, Sophia A ^a,b   Stephenson, Robert ^a   del Rio, Carlos ^a,b   Wilton, Leo ^c   Wallace, Jermel ^a   Wheeler, Darrell ^d   Fields, Sheldon ^e   Noilmar, Kaijson ^e   Wakefield, Steven ^e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IDENTITY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STIGMA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884369769     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075382     Document Type: Article

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