Acceptability of intrapartum HIV counselling and testing in Cameroon

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kongnyuy, Eugene J ^a   Mbu, Enow R ^b   Mbopi Keou, Francois X ^b   Fomulu, Nelson ^b   Nana, Philip N ^b   Tebeu, Pierre M ^b   Tonye, Rebecca N ^b   Leke, Robert J I ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CAMEROON; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAPARTUM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; COUNSELING; LABOR; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CAMEROON; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62349137520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-9-9     Document Type: Article

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