Factors associated with declining HIV testing and failure to return for results among pregnant women in Vietnam

AIDS

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1234-1236

  Dinh, Thu Ha ^a   Detels, Roger ^a   Nguyen, Mai Anh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Hai Phong Obstetric and Gynecology Hospital   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VIET NAM; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 23044494424     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000176228.09474.59     Document Type: Article

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