Legislated human immunodeficiency virus testing in new york state emergency departments: Reported experience from emergency department providers

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 91-97

  Egan, Daniel J ^a   Cowan, Ethan ^b   Fitzpatrick, Laura ^c   Savitsky, Leah ^d   Kushner, John ^d   Calderon, Yvette ^b   Agins, Bruce D ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MANDATORY TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894196622     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: 15577449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2013.0124     Document Type: Article

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