Overcoming obstacles to late presentation for HIV infection in Europe

HIV Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 246-249

  Lazarus, Jv ^a,b   Jurgens R ^a   Weait, M ^c   Phillips, A ^d   Hows, J ^e   Gatell, J ^f   Coenen, T ^g   Sonnerborg A ^h   Raben, D ^b   Lundgren, Jd ^b,i  

^a TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^g National Institute for STI and AIDS Control in the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^h KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

ⁱ Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Europe; HIV; Testing and counselling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LAW; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STIGMA;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 79952304986     PISSN: 14642662     EISSN: 14681293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2010.00872.x     Document Type: Article

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