A profile of HIV testing in Victoria to the end of 1993

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 165-171

  Thompson, Sandra C ^a   Stevenson, Elaine M ^b   Crofts, Nick ^b  

^a MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; RISK;

EID: 0030036393     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.1996.tb01812.x     Document Type: Article

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