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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Shift of preference of location for sexual partnership in men having sex with men in an Asian population

Shui Shan Lee A C , Dennise Ka Po Tam A , Raymond Lei Ming Ho B and Ka Hing Wong B
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A Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

B Centre for Health Protection, Department of Health, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, Hong Kong.

C Corresponding author. Email: sslee@cuhk.edu.hk

Sexual Health 5(4) 373-374 https://doi.org/10.1071/SH08047
Submitted: 26 June 2008  Accepted: 22 July 2008   Published: 18 November 2008


Acknowledgement

The present study formed part of the research on the partnership pattern in men having sex with men before their HIV infection in Hong Kong, supported by the Department of Health of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. Doctors and nurses of the Department of Health Integrated Treatment Centre are thanked for their assistance in conducting this study. The authors also appreciate the support of patients who consented to be interviewed.


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