A cohort study of factors associated with failure to return for HIV post-test counselling in pregnant women: Kigali, Rwanda, 1992-1993

AIDS

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-75

  Ladner, Joël ^a,b   Leroy, Valériane ^b   Msellati, Philippe ^b,c   Nyiraziraje, Marie ^a   De Clercq, André ^a   Van De Perre, Philippe ^d   Dabis, François ^b  

^a Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali   (Rwanda)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Abidjan   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d National AIDS Control Program Rwanda   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

Africa; Condom; Counselling; HIV 1; Pregnant women

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDOM; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RWANDA; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030039007     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199601000-00010     Document Type: Article

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