HIV testing in U.S. emergency departments: At the crossroads

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 975-977

  Hsieh, Yu Hsiang ^a   Wilbur, Lee ^b   Rothman, Richard E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 84865381605     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2012.01419.x     Document Type: Note

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