Men who have sex with men in China have relatively low numbers of sexual partners

Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-51

  Zhang, Lei ^a   Chow, Eric Pui Fung ^a   Wilson, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; HIV; Men who have sex with men; Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888129319     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20367449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/idr.2011.e10     Document Type: Article

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