Unrecognized HIV-1 Infection in inner-city hospital emergency department patients

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 174-177

  Nagachinta, Tippavan ^a   Gold, Claudia R ^b   Cheng, Fenny ^b   Heseltine, Peter N R ^b   Kerndt, Peter R ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HIV-1; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0030095908     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30142379     Document Type: Article

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