Home testing past, present and future: Lessons learned and implications for HIV home tests

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 933-949

  Ibitoye, Mobolaji ^a   Frasca, Timothy ^a   Giguere, Rebecca ^a   Carballo Diéguez, Alex ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Home test; Home testing; Rapid test; Self testing

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC KIT;

ADULT; COUNSELING; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MALE; PROCEDURES; SELF CARE; SERODIAGNOSIS; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COUNSELING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899654943     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-013-0668-9     Document Type: Review

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