HIV risk behaviour and HIV testing of psychiatric patients in Melbourne

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 566-576

  Thompson, Sandra C ^a   Checkley, Gill E ^a   Hocking, Jane S ^a   Crofts, Nick ^a   Mijch, Anne M ^b   Judd, Fiona K ^c  

^a MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

HIV testing; Human immunodeficiency virus; Injecting drug use; Mental illness; Prevalence; Risk behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; CONDOM; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEXUALITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030874544     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048679709065079     Document Type: Article

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