Transactional Sex and the HIV Epidemic Among Men Who have Sex with Men (MSM): Results From a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2177-2183

  Oldenburg, Catherine E ^a   Perez Brumer, Amaya G ^b   Reisner, Sari L ^a,c   Mimiaga, Matthew J ^a,c,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Men who have sex with men; Meta analysis; Transactional sex

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; META ANALYSIS; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; SEX WORK; SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITIES;

EID: 84944511974     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-015-1010-5     Document Type: Article

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