Risk of HIV infection among men having sex with men in Kathmandu valley, Nepal

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 126-137

  Deuba, Keshab ^a,b   Karki, Deepak Kumar ^c   Shrestha, Rachana ^a   Aryal, Umesh Raj ^a   Bhatta, Laxmi ^a   Rai, Krishna Kumar ^c  

^a POKHARA UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c National Centre for AIDS and STD Control   (Nepal)

Author keywords

discrimination; HIV AIDS; homosexuality; Nepal Epidemiology; prostitution; risk factors; sexually transmitted diseases; violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISCRIMINATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV/AIDS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEPAL; NEPAL/EPIDEMIOLOGY; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

DISCRIMINATION; HIV/AIDS; HOMOSEXUALITY; NEPAL/EPIDEMIOLOGY; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEPAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899024763     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539512441491     Document Type: Article

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