The STI and HIV testing practices of primary care providers

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 258-263

  Kushner, Mitchell ^a,b   Solorio, M Rosa ^a,c  

^a University of California ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Primary care; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ASIAN AMERICANS; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 33947097966     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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