HIV testing by transgender status at centers for disease control and prevention-funded sites in the United States, Puerto Rico, and US Virgin Islands, 2009-2011

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1917-1925

  Habarta, Nancy ^a   Wang, Guoshen ^a   Mulatu, Mesfin S ^a   Larish, Nili ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUERTO RICO; TRANSGENDER; UNITED STATES; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

ADULT; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PUERTO RICO; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS;

EID: 84939182390     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302659     Document Type: Article

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