Prevalence and barriers to HIV testing among mothers at a tertiary care hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Barriers to HIV testing in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Sasaki, Yuri ^a   Ali, Moazzam ^b   Sathiarany, Vong ^c   Kanal, Koum ^c   Kakimoto, Kazuhiro ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c National Maternal and Child Health Center   (Cambodia)

^d Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAMBODIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MASS SCREENING; MOTHER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAMBODIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MASS SCREENING; MOTHERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956394105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-494     Document Type: Article

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