New guidance on recommended HIV testing and counselling

Lancet

Volumn 370, Issue 9583, 2007, Pages 202-203

  Tarantola, Daniel ^a   Gruskin, Sofia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HIV EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED NATIONS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34447542408     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61102-7     Document Type: Note

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