Racial variance in rationale for HIV testing in community-based setting in the United States: Evidence from the National Health Interview Survey

Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 61-68

  Holmes Jr , Laurens ^a   Monjok, Emmanuel ^a   Ward, Doriel ^b   Garrison, Orsolya M ^b,c   Toney, Evette D ^b   Ogungbade, Gbadebo ^a   Essien, E James ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Caucasian; Hispanic; HIV testing rationale; racial variance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59049085879     PISSN: 15451097     EISSN: 15570886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545109708315327     Document Type: Article

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