Effectiveness and feasibility study of routine HIV rapid testing in an urban methadone maintenance treatment program

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 247-251

  Seewald, Randy ^a   Bruce, R Douglas ^a,b   Elam, Rashiah ^a   Tio, Ruy ^a   Lorenz, Sara ^a   Friedmann, Patricia ^c   Rabin, David ^a   Garger, Yana B ^a   Bonilla, Valentin ^a   Perlman, David C ^a,d  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV testing; Methadone maintenance; Opt in testing; Opt out testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ETHNICITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; METHADONE TREATMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; RAPID TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84880203524     PISSN: 00952990     EISSN: 10979891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00952990.2013.798662     Document Type: Article

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