Low HIV-testing rates and awareness of HIV infection among high-risk heterosexual STI clinic attendees in the Netherlands

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 376-379

  Van Der Bij, Akke K ^a   Dukers, Nicole H T M ^a,b,e   Coutinho, Roel A ^a,b,c   Fennema, Han S A ^d  

^a Health Service of Amsterdam ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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

^d Amsterdam Health Service   (Netherlands)

^e South Limburg Public Health Service   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Awareness; Heterosexuals; HIV; HIV testing; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 48149095076     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckm120     Document Type: Article

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