HIV seropositive drug users' attitudes towards partner notification (PCRS): Results from the SHIELD study in Baltimore, Maryland

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 137-142

  Tobin, Karin E ^a   Muessig, Kathryn E ^a   Latkin, Carl A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug users; HIV testing; Partner notification; PCRS

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CASE FINDING; CASE MANAGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; GUILT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PARTNER COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL COUNSELING; SEXUALITY; SHAME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BALTIMORE; CONTACT TRACING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 34249937792     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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