HIV Testing in Non-Traditional Settings - the hints study: A multi-centre observational study of feasibility and acceptability

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Rayment, Michael ^a   Thornton, Alicia ^b   Mandalia, Sundhiya ^a   Elam, Gillian ^c   Atkins, Mark ^d   Jones, Rachael ^a   Nardone, Anthony ^b   Roberts, Patrick ^a   Tenant Flowers, Melinda ^e   Anderson, Jane ^f   Sullivan, Ann K ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNICITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIV TEST; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862662869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039530     Document Type: Article

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