Barriers to targeted HIV testing on an acute admissions unit: Evaluation of the UK guideline

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 147-151

  Peck, L ^a   Ferenczi, E ^a   Burns, F ^b   Cosgrove, C ^b   Brown, M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 77950228994     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcp185     Document Type: Article

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