Reactions, beliefs and concerns associated with providing hair specimens for medical research among a South African sample: A qualitative approach

Future Virology

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1135-1142

  Coetzee, Bronwyne ^a   Kagee, Ashraf ^a   Tomlinson, Mark ^a   Warnich, Louise ^a   Ikediobi, Ogechi ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adherence; antiretroviral therapy; barriers; culture; drug testing; hair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAIR; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; SUPERSTITION; WITCHCRAFT;

EID: 84870209548     PISSN: 17460794     EISSN: 17460808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fvl.12.100     Document Type: Article

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