The rising prevalence of HIV-1 infection in patients attending an inner city accident and emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 424-425

  Poznansky, Mark C ^a,c   Walters, Jon ^a   Cruikshank, Alistair ^a   Pollock, Robin ^a   Dendrowskyj, Peter ^a   Lewis, Kim ^b   Parry, John V ^b   Fothergill, Jane ^a   Weber, Jonathan ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HIV-1; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0029961875     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.13.6.424     Document Type: Article

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