HIV self-testing: a time to revise current policy

Lancet

Volumn 369, Issue 9557, 2007, Pages 243-245

  Frith, Lucy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION;

EID: 33846370886     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60113-5     Document Type: Note

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