Health care seeking behaviour of newly diagnosed HIV infected people from rural and urban communities in the North West Province of South Africa

Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 28-45

  Kruger, A ^a,b   Greeff, M ^a,b   Watson, M J ^a   Fourie, C M T ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Africa Unit for Trans disciplinary Health Research   (South Africa)

Author keywords

AIDS; Health care seeking behaviour; HIV infection; North West Province; PURE SA study

Indexed keywords

EID: 74849110508     PISSN: 16825055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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