Written Informed-Consent Statutes and HIV Testing

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-63

  Ehrenkranz, Peter D ^a   Pagán, José A ^a,c   Begier, Elizabeth M ^d   Linas, Benjamin P ^e   Madison, Kristin ^a,b   Armstrong, Katrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^d NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HIV EDUCATION; HIV TESTING; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CONFIDENTIALITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349177044     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.03.011     Document Type: Article

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