HIV partner notification: A 2002 Victorian audit

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 629-631

  Tomnay, J E ^a   Hatch, B A ^b   Pitts, M K ^c   Carter, T R ^b   Fairley, C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b STI/BBV Program   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contact tracing; HIV; Partner notification

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); VICTORIA;

EID: 4644338546     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462041724271     Document Type: Article

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