The effectiveness of a follow-up program at improving HIV testing in a pediatric emergency department

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 30-34

  Beckmann, Kathleen R ^a   Melzer Lange, Marlene D ^a   Cuene, Barbara ^a   Dietz, Mary ^a   Havens, Peter L ^b  

^a Children's Hospital of Wisconsin   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0036912439     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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