Acceptability of perinatal rapid point-of-care HIV testing in an area of low HIV prevalence in the UK

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 505-508

  Stokes, Suzy H M ^a   McMaster, Paddy ^a   Ismail, Khaled M K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MIDWIFE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL CARE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 34249880859     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.106070     Document Type: Article

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