Missed opportunities: Barriers to hiv testing during pregnancy from a population based cohort study in rural uganda

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Larsson, Elin C ^a   Thorson, Anna Ekéus ^a   Pariyo, George ^b,c   Waiswa, Peter ^b,c   Kadobera, Daniel ^c   Marrone, Gaetano ^a   Ekström, Anna Mia ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^c Iganga Mayuge Demographic Surveillance Site   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEVIRAPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HIV TEST; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT COUNSELING; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UGANDA;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA;

EID: 84865066022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037590     Document Type: Article

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