High prevalence of HIV infection and bisexual networks among a sample of men who have sex with men in Eastern China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Lin, Haijiang ^a,b   Ding, Yingying ^a   Liu, Xing ^a   Wu, Qionghai ^b   Shen, Weiwei ^b   He, Na ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Taizhou City Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CHINA; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CHINA; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936855615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129300     Document Type: Article

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