Ongoing barriers to HIV testing during pregnancy: A need for media campaigns addressing low knowledge about perinatal HIV transmission among women in the United States

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 71-72

  Arya, Monisha ^a   Levison, Judy ^a   Giordano, Thomas P ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICAN AMERICAN; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS TESTING; KNOWLEDGE; LETTER; MASS MEDIUM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PERINATAL INFECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; UNITED STATES; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77149166994     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2009.0212     Document Type: Letter

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