HIV Testing Among Pregnant Wives of Migrant Men in a Rural District of India: Urgent Call for Scale Up

Women and Health

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 369-383

  Sarin, Enisha ^a   Nayak, Hiralal ^b   Das, Madhumita ^c   Nanda, Priya ^c  

^a not available   (India)

^b FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c International Center for Research on Women   (India)

Author keywords

HIV prevention; HIV testing; India; mother to child transmission; pregnant women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879142909     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2013.796306     Document Type: Article

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