Predictors of the initiation of HIV postexposure prophylaxis in Rhode Island emergency departments

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-52

  Merchant, Roland C ^a,b   Mayer, Kenneth H ^a   Becker, Bruce M ^a   Delong, Allison K ^a   Hogan, Joseph W ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY FLUID; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROPHYLAXIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY FLUIDS; CHEMOPREVENTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RHODE ISLAND; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 38149119837     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2007.0031     Document Type: Article

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