Routine antenatal HIV testing

BMJ

Volumn 319, Issue 7216, 1999, Pages 1069-

  Foley, Elizabeth ^a   Harindra, V ^a   Blott, Maggie ^b   Yearwood, Jean ^b   Gerval, Marie ^b   Welch, Jan ^b   Zuckerman, Mark ^c  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Dulwich Community Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE;

FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 85007745138     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.319.7216.1069     Document Type: Letter

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