HIV infection among rural trauma patients: A blind serosurvey and literature review

American Surgeon

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 447-449

  Ankney, Raymond N ^a   Kurek, Stanley J ^a   Miller, S Lee ^a   Hughes, K Michael ^a   Coil, James A ^b  

^a Department of Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0031979901     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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