Tuberculosis patients' reasons for, and suggestions to address non-uptake of HIV testing: A cross-sectional study in the Free State Province, South Africa

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kigozi, N Gladys ^a   Heunis, J Christo ^a   Wouters, Edwin ^a,b   Van Den Berg, Henritte S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956206245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-110     Document Type: Article

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