HIV testing among adults in a high prevalence district in India

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 289-293

  Dandona, Rakhi ^a   Kumar, S G Prem ^a   Kumar, G Anil ^a   Lakshmi, Vemu ^b   Dandona, Lalit ^a,c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIV EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SAMPLING; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 76149109484     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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