Testing practices and knowledge of HIV among prenatal care providers in a low seroprevalence state

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 187-194

  Olges, Jennifer R ^a   Murphy, Brian S ^a   Caldwell, Glyn G ^b   Thornton, Alice C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL INFECTION; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34247206412     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2007.0095     Document Type: Article

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