Evidence for the Effects of HIV Antibody Counseling and Testing on Risk Behaviors

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 266, Issue 17, 1991, Pages 2419-2429

  Higgins, Donna L ^a   Galavotti, Christine ^a   O’reilly, Kevin R ^a   Schnell, Daniel J ^a   Moore, Melinda ^a,b   Rugg, Deborah L ^a   Johnson, Robert ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0025993790     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1991.03470170107033     Document Type: Article

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