Routine HIV testing in US prisons

Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 440-441

  Zaller, Nick ^a,b,c   Dawalt, Melissa ^a,d   Beckwith, Curt ^a,b,c   Rich, Josiah D ^a,b,c   Flanigan, Timothy P ^a,b,c  

^a Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights   (United States)

^b MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; MENTAL DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PRISONER; SCREENING; UNITED STATES;

HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PRISONERS; PRISONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250782115     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(07)70140-8     Document Type: Letter

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