Mexican women's reasons for accepting or declining HIV antibody testing in pregnancy

Midwifery

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-27

  Romero Gutiérrez, Gustavo ^a   Delgado Macías, Ángel Arnoldo ^a   Mora Escobar, Yurixhi ^a   Ponce Ponce de León, Ana Lilia ^a   Amador, Norma ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

HIV antibodies; Infectious pregnancy complications; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEXICO; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEXICO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33846827275     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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