The uptake of HIV testing among patients with chlamydial or gonococcal infections attending a genitourinary medicine clinic

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 193-195

  Manavi, K ^a   McMillan, A ^a  

^a Whittall Street Clinic ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HIV testing; STI; Uptake

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL COUNSELING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; GONORRHEA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 33644510412     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646206775809132     Document Type: Article

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