Determinants of never having tested for HIV among MSM in the Netherlands

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Den Daas, Chantal ^a   Doppen, Martine ^a   Schmidt, Axel J ^b   De Coul, Eline Op ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUTCHMAN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; NETHERLANDS; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; UNSAFE SEX; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AWARENESS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960449518     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009480     Document Type: Article

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