Partner Notification. A Promising Approach to Addressing the HIV/AIDS Racial Disparity in the United States

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Kissinger, Patricia ^a   Malebranche, David ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; ETHNICITY; EXPOSURE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547491756     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2007.04.019     Document Type: Note

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