Voluntary counseling and testing in the pediatric ward of mzuzu central hospital, Northern Malawi

Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine(Taiwan)

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 104-108

  Huang, Yung Kai ^a   Chen, Solomon Chih Cheng ^b,c   Yu, Joseph Kwong Leung ^d,e,f   Chen, Pai Fen ^g   Chiang, Min Hsien ^h   Khosa, Bright ⁱ   Chiang, Hung Che ^g,j  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHIA YI CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d PINGTUNG CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^g NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^h CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

ⁱ Mzuzu Central Hospital   (Malawi)

^j TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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Author keywords

Antiretroviral treatment; Human immunodeficiency virus testing; Malnutrition; Testing; Voluntary human immunodeficiency virus counseling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HIV TEST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SEPSIS; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM;

EID: 84879550780     PISSN: 18783317     EISSN: 18783325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecm.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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