"There is such a thing as asking for trouble": Taking rapid HIV testing to gay venues is fraught with challenges

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 185-188

  Prost, Audrey ^a,b   Chopin, Mathias ^b   McOwan, Alan ^c   Elam, Gillian ^d   Dodds, Julie ^b   Macdonald, Neil ^d   Imrie, John ^b  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD;

EID: 34347228204     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2006.023341     Document Type: Article

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