Socio-demographic correlates of desire for HIV testing in Tanzania

Sexual Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-21

  Mbago, Maurice C Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SERODIAGNOSIS; STANDARD; TANZANIA; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COUNSELING; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; TANZANIA; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS;

EID: 33644686209     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH03010     Document Type: Article

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