Hepatitis C and sex

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 189-192

  Page, Emma E ^a   Nelson, Mark ^b  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMSEX; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EPIDEMIC; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; TRANSMISSION;

HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84962730722     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.16-2-189     Document Type: Article

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