HIV testing and counselling for migrant populations living in high-income countries: A systematic review

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1039-1045

  Alvarez Del Arco, Debora ^a,b   Monge, Susana ^a   Azcoaga, Amaya ^b   Rio, Isabel ^a   Hernando, Victoria ^a   Gonzalez, Cristina ^a   Alejos, Belen ^a,b   Caro, Ana Maria ^a   Perez Cachafeiro, Santiago ^a   Ramirez Rubio, Oriana ^a   Bolumar, Francisco ^c,d   Noori, Teymur ^e   Del Amo, Julia ^a,b,c  

^a CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^e EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUNSELING; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIGRATION; MINORITY GROUP; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICS;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COUNSELING; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84890468667     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks130     Document Type: Review

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