Social networks, sexual networks and HIV risk in men who have sex with men.

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Published in Curr HIV/AIDS Rep on March 01, 2014

Authors

Yuri A Amirkhanian1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2071 North Summit Ave, Milwaukee, WI, 53202, USA, yuri@mcw.edu.

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