Self-perception of HIV risk and candidacy for pre-exposure prophylaxis among men who have sex with men testing for HIV at commercial sex venues in New York City

LGBT Health

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 218-224

  Gallagher, Timothy ^a   Link, Lauren ^b   Ramos, Michael ^b   Bottger, Edward ^b   Aberg, Judith ^b   Daskalakis, Demetre ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; men who have sex with men (MSM); Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP); Risk Perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969179905     PISSN: 23258292     EISSN: 23258306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2013.0046     Document Type: Article

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