Linkage to HIV, TB and non-communicable disease care from a mobile testing unit in Cape Town, South Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Govindasamy, Darshini ^a   Kranzer, Katharina ^a,b   Van Schaik, Nienke ^a   Noubary, Farzad ^c,d,e   Wood, Robin ^a,f   Walensky, Rochelle P ^c,g,h   Freedberg, Kenneth A ^c,h,i   Bassett, Ingrid V ^c,h   Bekker, Linda Gail ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SOUTH AFRICA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; COUNSELING; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893399221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080017     Document Type: Article

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