Acceptability of HIV counselling and testing among tuberculosis patients in south Ethiopia

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Jerene, Degu ^a,b   Endale, Aschalew ^b   Lindtjørn, Bernt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Arba Minch Hospital   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COUNSELING; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HIV EDUCATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; SELF CONCEPT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 34250333858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-7-4     Document Type: Article

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