Descriptive survey of antenatal HIV testing in London: Policy, uptake, and detection

British Medical Journal

Volumn 313, Issue 7056, 1996, Pages 532-533

  MacDonagh, Sandra E ^a   Masters, Janet ^a   Helps, Barbara A ^a   Tookey, Pat A ^a   Ades, A E ^a   Gibb, Diana M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0029831160     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7056.532     Document Type: Article

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