Is there a relationship between geographic distance and uptake of HIV testing services? A representative population-based study of Chinese adults in Guangzhou, China.

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Published in PLoS One on July 20, 2017

Authors

Wen Chen¹^,2^,3, Fangjing Zhou²^,4, Brian J Hall²^,5^,6, Joseph D Tucker²^,7^,8, Carl Latkin⁶^,9, Andre M N Renzaho³, Li Ling¹^,2

Author Affiliations

1: Faculty of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
2: Center for Migrant Health Policy, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
3: School of Social Science and Psychology, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.
4: Department of Prevention and Treatment, Center for Tuberculosis Control of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
5: Global and Community Mental Health Research Group, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, University of Macau, Macau, China.
6: Department of Health Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.
7: UNC-Project China, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
8: UNC Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America.
9: Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.

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