Older women and HIV testing: Examining the relationship between HIV testing history, age, and lifetime HIV risk behaviors

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 420-423

  Akers, Aletha Y ^a   Bernstein, Lisa ^b   Doyle, Joyce ^b   Corbie Smith, Giselle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 41149111010     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181644b39     Document Type: Article

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