UvA - DARE ( Digital Academic Repository ) Sexual risk behavior and risk factors for HIV - 1 seroconversion in homosexual men participating in the tricontinental seroconverter study , 1982 - 1994
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Sexual risk behavior and risk factors for HIV-1 seroconversion in homosexual men participating in the Tricontinental Seroconverter Study, 1982-1994.
Trends in sexual behavior associated with incident infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 are described and a case-control study was conducted to examine risk factors for HIV seroconversion in homosexual men who became infected with HIV between 1982 and 1994 from four geographic sites: Amsterdam, the Netherlands; San Francisco, California; Vancouver, Canada; and Sydney, Austra...
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