Voluntary testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a prison population with a high prevalence of HIV.

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Published in Am J Epidemiol on May 01, 1994

Authors

C Behrendt1, N Kendig, C Dambita, J Horman, J Lawlor, D Vlahov

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205.

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