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Should emergency departments offer postexposure prophylaxis for non-occupational exposure to HIV?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Julie M. Spence
Julie M. Spence*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
*
Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital, 30 Bond St., Toronto ON M5B 1W8; 416 864-5095, fax 416 864-5341, j.spence@utoronto.ca

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Keywords

HIVpostexposure prophylaxisnon-occupational exposureHIV exposureantiretroviral therapy
Type
Controversies • Controverses
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , January 2003 , pp. 38 - 45
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2003

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