Gender variation in self-reported likelihood of HIV infection in comparison with HIV test results in rural and urban Nigeria

AIDS Research and Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Fagbamigbe, Adeniyi F ^a   Akinyemi, Joshua O ^a   Adedokun, Babatunde O ^a   Bamgboye, Elijah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Behaviour change; Hiv aids; Nigeria; Rural; Sero positive; Urban; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 83755196666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17426405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-6405-8-44     Document Type: Article

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