Knowledge, attitudes and practices of voluntary HIV counselling and testing among rural migrants in central China: A cross-sectional study

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 192-197

  Zhang, Tiejun ^a   Zhang, Jinling ^a   Gao, Meiyang ^a   He, Na ^a   Detels, Roger ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CHINA; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859799286     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr006     Document Type: Article

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