Rapid point-of-care tests for HIV and sexually transmissible infection control in remote Australia: can they improve Aboriginal people's and Torres Strait Islanders' health.

نویسندگان

  • James Ward
  • Rebecca Guy
  • Rae-Lin Huang
  • Janet Knox
  • Sophie Couzos
  • David Scrimgeour
  • Liz Moore
  • Tim Leahy
  • Jenny Hunt
  • Basil Donovan
  • John M Kaldor
چکیده

Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia. Nganampa Health Council, PO Box 2232, Alice Springs, NT 0871, Australia. National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, PO Box 5120, Braddon, ACT 2612, Australia. James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia. Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia, PO Box 981, Unley, SA 5061, Australia. Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance, Northern Territory, PO Box 1624, Darwin, NT 0804, Australia. Notre Dame University, School of Medicine, PO Box 1225, Fremantle, WA 6959, Australia. Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of New South Wales, PO Box 1565, Strawberry Hills, NSW 2012, Australia. Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Sexual health

دوره 9 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012