Antenatal HIV screening in Europe: A review of policies

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 414-418

  Deblonde, Jessika ^a   Claeys, Patricia ^a   Temmerman, Marleen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Europe; HIV screening; National policies; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CYPRUS; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LUXEMBOURG; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MANDATORY TESTING; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 35648991886     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckm074     Document Type: Review

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