Factors associated with the failure to seek HIV care and treatment among HIV-positive women in a northern province of Vietnam

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 325-332

  Nam, Nguyen Thu ^a   Bygbjerg, Ib C ^b   Mogensen, Hanne O ^b   Rasch, Vibeke ^b,c  

^a Institute for Population and Development Studies   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRENATAL CARE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953016243     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2009.0285     Document Type: Article

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