Contact with HIV prevention programmes & willingness for new interventions among truckers in India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1061-1071

  Prem Kumar, S G ^a   Anil Kumar, G ^a   Poluru, Ramesh ^a   Schneider, John A ^b   Dandona, Lalit ^a,c   Vemu, Lakshmi ^d   Sudha, T ^d   Mayer, Kenneth H ^e   Dandona, Rakhi ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^e Beth Israel Deaconess ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Circumcision; HIV; HIV prevention programmes; Oral HIV testing; Truck drivers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; COUNSELING; DISEASE CONTROL; DRIVER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSPORTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879536964     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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