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Dental examinations as an untapped opportunity to provide HIV testing for high-risk individuals.
| Τίτλος: | Dental examinations as an untapped opportunity to provide HIV testing for high-risk individuals. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Pollack HA (AUTHOR), Metsch LR (AUTHOR), Abel S (AUTHOR) |
| Πηγή: | American Journal of Public Health. Jan2010, Vol. 100 Issue 1, p88-89. 2p. |
| Θεματικοί όροι: | *HIV infection risk factors, *Dental care, *Risk-taking behavior, *Public health research, *Diagnosis, *Diagnosis of HIV infections |
| Περίληψη: | We used data from the 2005 National Health Interview Survey to examine the potential role of dental care in reaching untested individuals at self-reported risk for HIV. An estimated 3.6 million Americans report that they are at significant HIV risk yet have never been HIV tested. Three quarters of these people have seen a dentist within the past 2 years. Dental care offers opportunities to serve at-risk individuals who are otherwise unlikely to be tested or to receive preventive care services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Σύνδεσμος: | 47521149 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | Academic Search Index |
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