Trends in, and determinants of, HIV testing at genitourinary medicine clinics and general practice in England, 1990-2000

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-150

  Chadborn, T R ^a   McGarrigle, C A ^a   Waight, P A ^a   Fenton, K A ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CENTER; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; AMBULATORY CARE; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 1942425668     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2003.006288     Document Type: Article

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