Compliance with voluntary prenatal HIV testing in a large health maintenance organization (HMO)

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 126-130

  Limata, Carole ^a   Schoen, Edgar J ^a,c   Cohen, Dena ^a   Black, Steven B ^a   Quesenberry Jr , Charles P ^b  

^a Regional Perinatal Screening Program ^*  (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease transmission, vertical; Health maintenance organizations; HIV infection; Pregnancy complications, infectious

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOLUNTEER;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; TRIXIS;

EID: 0030808006     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199706010-00005     Document Type: Article

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