Routine HIV testing, public health, and the USPSTF - An end to the debate

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 881-884

  Bayer, Ronald ^a   Oppenheimer, Gerald M ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCREENING TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84874669298     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1214535     Document Type: Article

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