Do People Who Develop AIDS within 12 Months of HIV Diagnosis Delay HIV Testing?

Public Health Reports

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 552-559

  Schwarcz, Sandra K ^a,b   Hsu, Ling ^a   Chin, Chi Sheng Jennie ^a   Anne Richards, T ^c   Frank, Heidi ^a,d   Wenzel, Conrad ^a   Dilley, James ^d  

^a SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SAN FRANCISCO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051566132     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491112600411     Document Type: Article

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