HIV-related risk factors of blood donors in northern Thailand before and after knowing HIV test results

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 408-413

  Sawanpanyalert, Pathom ^a   Uthaivoravit, Wat ^a   Yanai, Hideki ^b   Limpakarnjanarat, Kanchit ^c   Mastro, Timothy D ^c   Nelson, Kenrad E ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HIV/AIDS Collaboration   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Blood donors; HIV; Reliability; Risk factors; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; THAILAND;

EID: 0030933303     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.2.408     Document Type: Article

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