Acceptability and intended usage preferences for six HIV testing options among internet-using men who have sex with men

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Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sharma, Akshay ^a,b   Stephenson, Rob B ^b   White, Darcy ^b   Sullivan, Patrick S ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Combination prevention approaches; HIV testing preferences; Internet using men who have sex with men; Rapid home HIV self testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897746706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-3-109     Document Type: Article

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