Acceptability of HIV self-testing: A systematic literature review

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Krause, Janne ^a   Subklew Sehume, Friederike ^b   Kenyon, Chris ^c,d   Colebunders, Robert ^c,e  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b LoveLife   (South Africa)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alternative; Counselling; HIV; Home test; Self test; Testing

Indexed keywords

COUNSELING; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; REVIEW; SELF CARE;

COUNSELING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SELF CARE;

EID: 84881183540     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-735     Document Type: Article

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