HIV testing and counselling in Estonian prisons, 2012 to 2013: Aims, processes and impacts

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 47, 2014, Pages 31-37

  Kivimets, K ^a   Uuskula A ^b  

^a Rehabilitation Division   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA BASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG USE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ESTONIAN (PEOPLE); FEMALE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRISONER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84914666801     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2014.19.47.20970     Document Type: Article

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