Offering HIV testing in an acute medical admissions unit in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 541-543

  Ellis, S ^a   Graham, L ^a   Price, D A ^a   Ong, E L C ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; HIV; Testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIV TEST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 83755183857     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.11-6-541     Document Type: Article

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