HIV postexposure prophylaxis practices by US ED practitioners

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 309-312

  Merchant, Roland C ^a,b   Keshavarz, Reza ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

HIV; HIV post exposure prophylaxis; HIV prevention; Post exposure prophylaxis; Prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL CRIME; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0042073220     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(02)42242-5     Document Type: Article

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