Following-up for HIV test results: What limits return in an STD clinic population?

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-32

  Erbelding, Emily J ^a,b,c,d   Chung, S ^b   Zenilman, J M ^a  

^a Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Counselling and testing; HIV; STDs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0347933032     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646204322637227     Document Type: Article

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