HIV testing in black Africans living in England

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1741-1748

  Rice, B ^a,b   Delpech, V ^a   Sadler, K E ^c   Yin, Z ^a   Elford, J ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black African; community based; HIV; testing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEGRO; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SALIVA; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880379280     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026881200221X     Document Type: Article

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