Emergency Department-Based HIV Testing: Too Little, but Not Too Late

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-71

  Kelen, Gabor D ^a   Rothman, Richard E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 67349170615     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.03.027     Document Type: Editorial

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