Human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis testing and prevalence among surgical patients in an urban university hospital

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-60

  Weiss, Eric S ^a   Cornwell III, Edward E ^a,b   Wang, Theresa ^a   Syin, Dora ^a   Millman, E Anne ^a,b,c   Pronovost, Peter J ^a,b,c   Chang, David ^a   Makary, Martin A ^a,b,c  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CARRIER STATE; COMORBIDITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33845584481     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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