Missed opportunities for HIV testing and counselling in Asia

AIDS

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Sullivan, Sheena G ^a,b   Wu, Zunyou ^a,b   Detels, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NOTE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 78650563107     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000390089.60682.26     Document Type: Note

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