Missed opportunities for earlier HIV diagnosis within primary and secondary healthcare settings in the UK

AIDS

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 115-122

  Burns, Fiona M ^a   Johnson, Anne M ^a   Nazroo, James ^a   Ainsworth, Jonathan ^b   Anderson, Jane ^c   Fakoya, Ade ^d   Fakoya, Ibidun ^a   Hughes, Andy ^e   Jungmann, Eva ^f   Sadiq, S Tariq ^g   Sullivan, Ann K ^h   Fenton, Kevin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f Camden Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^g ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Africans; Healthcare access; HIV AIDS; Knowledge and attitudes; UK

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEGRO; OUTPATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY PREVENTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 37349122491     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3282f1d4b6     Document Type: Article

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