Barriers to HIV-testing among Hispanics in the United States: Analysis of the National Health Interview Survey, 2000

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 672-683

  Lopez Quintero, Catalina ^a   Shtarkshall, Ronny ^a   Neumark, Yehuda D ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (U.S.); PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27344454729     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2005.19.672     Document Type: Review

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