Barriers to HIV testing in Côte d'ivoire: The role of individual characteristics and testing modalities

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Jean, Kévin ^a,b   Anglaret, Xavier ^c,d   Moh, Raoul ^c   Lert, France ^a,b   Dray Spira, Rosemary ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE TREICHVILLE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CONDOM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PRENATAL CARE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL STATUS; STIGMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COTE D'IVOIRE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84863995548     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041353     Document Type: Article

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