Sociodemographic factors and prejudice toward HIV and hepatitis B/C status in a working-age population: Results from a national, cross-sectional study in Japan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Eguchi, Hisashi ^a   Wada, Koji ^b   Smith, Derek R ^c  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; JAPAN; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE; AGE; HIV INFECTIONS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900421040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096645     Document Type: Article

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