Partner notification for HIV prevention: A critical reexamination

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 3 SUPPL., 1997, Pages 68-78

  West, Gary R ^a   Stark, Kathleen A ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LAW; PATIENT REFERRAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSE;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CONTACT TRACING; COUNSELING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030759755     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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