Disclosure of HIV status: The role of ethnicity among people living with HIV in London

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 514-521

  Elford, Jonathan ^a   Ibrahim, Fowzia ^a   Bukutu, Cecilia ^a   Anderson, Jane ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Gay men; Heterosexual men and women; HIV disclosure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DISCLOSURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 40549112980     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e318162aff5     Document Type: Article

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