Screening HIV in pregnancy: A survey of prenatal care patients

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 379-382

  Dorval, Veronique ^a   Ritchie, Kerri ^a   Gruslin, Andrée ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

HIV risk factors; HIV AIDS; Knowledge of HIV transmission; Screening HIV in pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 36049029594     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405423     Document Type: Article

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