Women's attitudes to HIV screening in pregnancy in an area of low prevalence

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-148

  Jha, Swati ^a   Gee, Harry ^a   Coomarasamy, Aravinthan ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LANGUAGE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MARRIAGE; MATERNITY WARD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037332142     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-0528.2003.02073.x     Document Type: Article

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