Factors associated with HIV testing among black Africans in Britain

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 494-500

  Burns, Fiona ^a   Fenton, K A ^a,d   Morison, L ^b   Mercer, C ^a   Erens, B ^c   Field, J ^c   Copas, A J ^a   Wellings, K ^b   Johnson, A M ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFE SEX; SCREENING TEST; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 29144439199     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2004.013755     Document Type: Article

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