Using the premarital examination for population-based surveillance for HIV in China: A pilot study

AIDS

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1574-1576

  Hesketh, Therese ^a   Huang, Xin Mei ^b   Wang, Zhan Biao ^b   Xing, Zhu Wei ^c   Cubitt, David W ^d   Tomkins, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Zhejiang Pop Studies Institute   (China)

^c Health Unlimited   (China)

^d GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREMARITAL EXAMINATIONS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0042869692     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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