A hidden HIV epidemic among women in Vietnam

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Nguyen, Thu Anh ^a   Oosterhoff, Pauline ^b   Hardon, Anita ^c   Tran, Hien Nguyen ^a,d   Coutinho, Roel A ^c,e   Wright, Pamela ^b  

^a HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b Medical Committee Netherlands Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PROSTITUTION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SYRINGE; UNSAFE SEX; VIET NAM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; VIETNAM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 39649094086     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-37     Document Type: Article

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