Estimating the population sizes of men who have sex with men in US States and counties using data from the American community survey

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Grey, Jeremy A ^a   Bernstein, Kyle T ^b   Sullivan, Patrick S ^a   Purcell, David W ^b   Chesson, Harrell W ^b   Gift, Thomas L ^b   Rosenberg, Eli S ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Men who have sex with men; Population; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979679715     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23692960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/publichealth.5365     Document Type: Review

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