HIV self-testing and the missing linkage

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Walensky, Rochelle P ^a,b,c   Bassett, Ingrid V ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Center for AIDS Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MALAWI; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELF EVALUATION; UNITED STATES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; SERODIAGNOSIS;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 80055048593     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001101     Document Type: Article

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