Household survey in two provinces in Viet Nam estimates HIV prevalence in an urban and a rural population

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1017-1026

  Tuan, Nguyen Anh ^a   Ha, Nguyen Thi Thanh ^a   Diep, Vu Thi Bich ^a   Thang, Pham Hong ^a   Long, Nguyen Thanh ^a   Huong, Phan Thi Thu ^a   Duc, Bui Hoang ^a   Wilson, David ^b   Oelrichs, Robert ^b   Hien, Nguyen Tran ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URBAN POPULATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VIETNAM;

EID: 50249156882     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2007.0267     Document Type: Article

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