Using HIV surveillance registry data to re-link persons to care: The RSVP project in San Francisco

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Buchacz, Kate ^a   Chen, Miao Jung ^b   Parisi, Maree Kay ^b   Yoshida Cervantes, Maya ^b   Antunez, Erin ^b   Delgado, Viva ^b   Moss, Nicholas J ^c   Scheer, Susan ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Alameda County Public Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; UNITED STATES; CALIFORNIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; SAN FRANCISCO;

EID: 84924184788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118923     Document Type: Article

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