Nonoccupational Postexposure HIV Prevention: Emergency Physicians' Current Practices, Attitudes, and Beliefs

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 651-656

  McCausland, Julie B ^a,d   Linden, Judith A ^b   Degutis, Linda C ^a   Ramanujam, Prasanthi ^b   Sullivan, Lisa M ^c   D'Onofrio, Gail ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME;

EID: 0142197085     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(03)00338-X     Document Type: Article

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