Home HIV testing: Good news but not a game changer

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 744-746

  David Paltiel, A ^a   Walensky, Rochelle P ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HIV TEST; HOME CARE; HOME HIV TESTING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MONOGAMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH;

EID: 84869794784     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-157-10-201211200-00545     Document Type: Article

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