Differences between Internet and community samples of MSM: implications for behavioral surveillance among MSM in China.
This study compared the difference between two samples of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Harbin, China, using cross-sectional data that were collected via the Internet and through conventional venue-based outreach. All participants in both samples lived in or nearby Harbin in northeast China. Re...
| Publicado en: | AIDS Care Vol. 20; no. 9; pp. 1128 - 1138 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oct2008
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