Disparities in HIV screening among pregnant women - El Salvador, 2011

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  El Bcheraoui, Charbel ^a   Nieto Gómez, Ana I ^b   Dubón Abrego, María A ^c   Gagnier, Marielle C ^a   Sutton, Madeline Y ^d   Mokdad, Ali H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Ministry of Health   (El Salvador)

^c Ministry of Health   (El Salvador)

^d MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EL SALVADOR; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL STATUS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EL SALVADOR; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892568726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082760     Document Type: Article

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