Pathways to HIV testing among adults aged fifty and older with HIV/AIDS

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 674-687

  Lekas, Helen Maria ^a,b   Schrimshaw, Eric W ^a   Siegel, Karolynn ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG USE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 23444452766     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120412331336670     Document Type: Article

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