Comparison of patients refusing with patients accepting unlinked anonymous HIV testing in an outpatient STD department in the Netherlands

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 368-372

  Postema, E J ^a   Willems, P W J M ^a   De Ridder, M A J ^a   Van Der Meijden, W I ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

HIV infections; risk factors; testing refusal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 0030915385     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462971920271     Document Type: Article

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