Assessment of laboratory test utilization for HIV/AIDS care in urban ART clinics of lilongwe, Malawi

Malawi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 42-44

  Palchaudhuri, Sonali ^a,b   Tweya, Hannock ^c   Hosseinipour, Mina ^b,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PROJECT   (Malawi)

^c LIGHTHOUSE TRUST   (Malawi)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIME; URBAN POPULATION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906485909     PISSN: 19957262     EISSN: 19957270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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