Mandatory pre-marital HIV testing in Nigeria: The public health and social implications

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 116-121

  Uneke, C J ^a,c   Alo, M ^b   Ogbu, O ^a  

^a EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

^c Ebonyi State University   (Niger)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NIGERIA; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MANDATORY TESTING; NIGERIA; PREMARITAL EXAMINATIONS; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33845207136     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120600872778     Document Type: Article

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