Internet sex and dating sites need warnings.

نویسنده

  • Peter L Tenore
چکیده

For this issue's Commentary column, Peter L. Tenore, MD, discusses risk for infection with HIV or acquisition of sexually transmitted diseases associated with the use of the Internet to find sexual partners and presents results of an informal survey to determine whether Internet sites used to find sexual partners provide warnings about sexually transmitted diseases and HIV. He also calls for the operators of such sites to add warnings to their sites.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Topics in HIV medicine : a publication of the International AIDS Society, USA

دوره 14 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006