Availability of rapid human immunodeficiency virus testing in academic emergency departments

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 144-150

  Ehrenkranz, Peter D ^a   Ahn, Christina J ^c   Metlay, Joshua P ^a,b   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^c   Holmes, William C ^a,b   Rothman, Richard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross sectional studies; Diagnostic test; Emergency medicine; Human immunodeficiency virus; Preventive medicine; Questionnaires; Routine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; VIRUS EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MASS SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SERODIAGNOSIS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39749159378     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00028.x     Document Type: Article

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