HIV testing attitudes and practices among clinicians in the era of updated centers for disease control and prevention recommendations

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 114-116

  Cohan, Deborah ^a   Gomez, Elvira ^a   Dowling, Teri ^b   Zetola, Nicola ^b   Kaplan, Beth ^b   Klausner, Jeffrey D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; COUNSELING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS SCREENING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); COUNSELING; DATA COLLECTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64249109245     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31818d5f86     Document Type: Letter

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