HIV testing among youths in a Nigerian local population

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-31

  Iyaniwura, Christy A ^a   Oloyede, O ^a  

^a OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

HIV; Nigerian Youths; Voluntary testing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; SAFE SEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33646849115     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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