HIV post-exposure prophylaxis provided at an urban paediatric emergency department to female adolescents after sexual assault

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 449-451

  Merchant, R C ^a,b   Keshavarz, R ^a   Low, C ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDINAVIR; LAMIVUDINE; LAMIVUDINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE; NELFINAVIR; STAVUDINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RAPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 3242783344     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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