Understanding the intention of gay and bisexual men to take the HIV antibody test

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-41

  Godin, G ^a   Myers, T ^b   Lambert, J ^b   Calzavara, L ^b   Locker, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CANADA; CONFIDENTIALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; BISEXUALITY; CANADA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030932468     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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