Impact of HIV counselling and testing on HIV seroconversion and reported STD incidence among male factory workers in Harare, Zimbabwe

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 98-102

  Machekano, R ^a   Mcfarland, W ^b   Mbizvo, M T ^a   Bassett, M T ^a   Katzenstein, D ^c   Latif, A S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIV OF ZIMBABWE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; COUNSELING; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; ZIMBABWE;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COUNSELING; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URBAN HEALTH; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0032041695     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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