Age, gender and suicidal ideation following voluntary HIV counseling and testing

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 521-530

  Schlebusch, Lourens ^a   Govender, Romona Devi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; HIV test results; Suicidal ideation; Voluntary counseling and testing

Indexed keywords

AGE; GENDER; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

DURBAN; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84857738476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9020521     Document Type: Article

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