The impact of nontargeted HIV screening in emergency departments and the ongoing need for targeted strategies

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-22

  Haukoos, Jason S ^a,b  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NONTARGETED HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS SCREENING; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 84855593811     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.538     Document Type: Note

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