Socioeconomic determinants of stigmatization and HIV testing in Lesotho

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Corno, Lucia ^a   De Walque, Damien ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; HIV AIDS; stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LESOTHO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LESOTHO; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879195438     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2012.736937     Document Type: Article

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