Return rates and partner notification in HIV-positive men seeking anonymous versus confidential antibody testing

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 363-368

  Berger, Steven G ^a   Hong, Barry A ^a   Eldridge, Susan ^b   Connor, Don ^b   Vedder, Kathryn N ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033017626     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.1999.13.363     Document Type: Article

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