HIV testing policies for migrants and ethnic minorities in EU/EFTA Member States

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 139-144

  Arco, Debora Alvarez Del ^a,b   Monge, Susana ^a,b   Caro Murillo, Ana M ^a   Ramïrez Rubio, Oriana ^a   Azcoaga Lorenzo, Amaya ^c   Belza, Maria J ^d   Rivero Montesdeoca, Yaiza ^a   Noori, Teymur ^e   Del Amo, Julia ^a  

^a CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^e EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MIGRATION; MINORITY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SERODIAGNOSIS;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84907933198     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckt108     Document Type: Article

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