Reducing sexually transmitted infections among gay men

BMJ

Volumn 323, Issue 7317, 2001, Pages 867-

  Noar, Seth M ^a   Zimmerman, Rick S ^a   Bonell, Chris ^b   Strange, Vicki ^b   Imrie, John ^c   Stephenson, Judith M ^c   Cowan, Frances M ^c   Wanigaratne, Sahmil ^c   Billington, Andrew J P ^c   Copas, Andrew J ^c   French, Lesley ^c   French, Patrick D ^c   Johnson, Anne M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85047691746     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.867a     Document Type: Letter

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