Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 37, Issue 3 , Pages 286-291 , October 2009

HIV screening among substance-abusing veterans in care

  • Nameeta M. Dookeran, M.D., M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • VA HSR&D Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, MA 01730, USA
    • Brigham and Women's Hospitalist Service, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Brigham and Women's Hospitalist Service, 75 Francis St, PBB-B-428, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Tel.: +1 617 732 6649; fax: +1 617 278 6906.
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  • James F. Burgess Jr., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Organization, Leadership and Management Research, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA
    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    • ,
  • Candice C. Bowman, Ph.D., R.N.

      Affiliations

    • Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Sepulveda, CA 91343, USA
    • ,
  • Matthew Bidwell Goetz, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Infectious Diseases Section and Department of Medicine, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA
    • The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
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  • Steven M. Asch, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • HIV Hepatitis Quality Enhancement Research Initiative, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA
    • Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
    • ,
  • Allen L. Gifford, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • VA HSR&D Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, MA 01730, USA
    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    • Section of General Internal Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA

Received 23 September 2008 ,Revised 3 February 2009 ,Accepted 2 March 2009.

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PII: S0740-5472(09)00031-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2009.03.003

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 37, Issue 3 , Pages 286-291 , October 2009

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