Sociology and behaviour of West African blood donors: The impact of religion on human immunodeficiency virus infection

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 233-240

  Allain, J P ^a,e   Anokwa, M ^b   Casbard, A ^c   Owusu Ofori, S ^b   Dennis Antwi, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Medicine   (Ghana)

^c MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^e Cambridge Blood Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood donors; Ghana; HIV; Religion; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CIRCUMCISION; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SAFETY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOLOGY; WAR;

AFRICA; BLOOD DONORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 10344227675     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2004.00578.x     Document Type: Article

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