HIV testing rates and testing locations, by race and ethnicity

Health and Social Work

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 247-255

  Rountree, Michele A ^a   Chen, Lynn ^a   Brown, Adama ^a   Pomeroy, Elizabeth C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; HIV; HIV testing locations; Race

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CAUCASIAN; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH FACILITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73349098228     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: 15456854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/34.4.247     Document Type: Article

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