Hiv/aids Prevalence at the Accident & Emergency Centre of a Tertiary and Referral Health Institution in Ghana
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E. A. BINEY, G D. ODURO, D. D. YAR, C. K. OPPONG, K. NYAME, P. K. FORSON, R. OTENG, I. BOAKYE, B. NORMAN, D. ANSONG, E. OWUSU-DABO and P. DONKOR Accident & Emergency Department, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, University of Michigan, Department of Emergency Medicine, Ann Arbor, USA, Research and Development Unit, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana Department of Medicine, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
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