Routine testing for HIV in the United States: The intersection between recommendations and practice

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 79-83

  Simmons, Emma ^a,b,e   Roberts, Mary ^b   Ma, Mindy ^c   Beckwith, Curt ^a,d   Carpenter, Charles ^a,d   Flanigan, Timothy ^a,d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL STAFF; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MISSISSIPPI; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHODE ISLAND;

EID: 33644509829     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2006.20.79     Document Type: Article

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