British HIV Association national audit on the management of patients co-infected with tuberculosis and HIV

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 222-226

  Backx, Matthijs ^a,b   Curtis, Hilary ^c   Freedman, Andrew ^a,b   Johnson, Margaret ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF AND VALE UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^c British HIV Association   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Clinical networks; HIV; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIXED INFECTION; SPUTUM SMEAR;

EID: 79958051857     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.11-3-222     Document Type: Article

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