Earlier HIV diagnosis - are mobile services the answer?

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 671-674

  van Schaik, N ^a   Kranzer, K ^b   Wood, R ^a   Bekker, L G ^a  

^a Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77958099437     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/samj.4162     Document Type: Article

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