Older Adults and HIV and STI Screening: The Patient Perspective

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 341-349

  Slinkard, Monica S ^a   Kazer, Meredith Wallace ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 81155159795     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: 15283984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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