Provision of rapid HIV tests within a health service and frequency of HIV testing among men who have sex with men: Randomised controlled trial

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 347, Issue 7925, 2013, Pages

  Read, Tim R H ^a,b   Hocking, Jane S ^c   Bradshaw, Catriona S ^b,d   Morrow, Andrea ^a   Grulich, Andrew E ^e   Fairley, Christopher K ^a,b   Chen, Marcus Y ^a,b  

^a MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RISK; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAPID TEST; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884755693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f5086     Document Type: Article

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