Pharmacy workers' sexually transmitted diseases/human immunodeficiency virus knowledge in fuzhou, china: Implications for human immunodeficiency virus testing, treatment, and prevention strategies

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 221-226

  Wen, Yi ^a   Guan, Jihui ^b   Wu, Zunyou ^c   Li, Li ^a   Rotheram Borus, Mary Jane ^a   Lin, Chunqing ^a   Detels, Roger ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Fujian Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHARMACIST; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WORK EXPERIENCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACISTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549120362     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181901ca2     Document Type: Article

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