Acceptance of HIV testing among pregnant women in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 1197-1205

  Westheimer, Emily F ^a,c   Urassa, Willy ^b   Msamanga, Gernard ^b   Baylin, Ana ^a   Wei, Ruilan ^a   Aboud, Said ^b   Kaaya, Sylvia ^b   Fawzi, Wafaie W ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Pregnancy; Tanzania; Testing

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; TANZANIA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; TANZANIA;

EID: 4444365931     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000120806.43677.ff     Document Type: Article

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