Racial/ethnic attitudes towards HIV testing in the primary care setting

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-52

  Simmons, Emma M ^a,c,d   Rogers, Michelle L ^b,c   Frierson, Georita M ^b,c   Beckwith, Curt G ^b,c   Flanigan, Timothy P ^b,c  

^a MHRI   (United States)

^b Lifespan   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Brown University Center for Primary Care and Prevention   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; HIV testing; Minorities; Primary care setting; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; URBAN POPULATION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 12344318170     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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