Unmet Need for Hiv Screening among Adolescents with Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
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UNMET NEED FOR HIV SCREENING AMONG ADOLESCENTS WITH PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE Sloane Bowman, BS, Arlene Butz, ScD, Richard Rothman, MD, PhD, Jennifer Anders, MD, Betty Johnson, RN, Maria Trent, MD, MPH Center for Disease Controll, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics; The Johns Hopkins Hospital and The Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center; Pediatric Base Station (EMS Radio), Johns Hopkins Hospital Pediatric ED; Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; Department of Pediatrics Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
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