The value of population campaigns offering free-of-charge HIV-testing: Observational study in a town in Cameroon

Norsk Epidemiologi

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-164

  Holtedahl, Knut ^a   Bonono, Leonard ^b   Salpou, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b Hôpital Provincial   (Cameroon)

^c Hôpital Protestant   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; COUNSELING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; SEXUALITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 32044460868     PISSN: 08032491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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