HIV/AIDS mortality in Canada: Evidence of gender, regional and local area differentials

AIDS

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 889-894

  Hogg, Robert S ^a   Heath, Katherine V ^a,c   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^a,b   Montaner, Julio S G ^a,b   O'Shaughnessy, Michael V ^a,b   Schlechter, Martin T ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Canadian HIV Trials Network   (Canada)

Author keywords

AIDS; Canada; HIV infection; Men; Mortality; Women

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0029899540     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199607000-00012     Document Type: Article

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