Uptake of provider initiated HIV counseling and testing (PICT) among out patient department (OPD) clients with possible clinical signs of HIV infection in Addis Ababa

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 245-254

  Girma, Selamawit ^a   Enquselassie, Fikre ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949328150     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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