AIDS in the elderly: New York City vital statistics

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-23

  Gaeta, Theodore J ^a   LaPolla, Catherine ^a   Melendez, Elliot ^a  

^a ST BARNABAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; elderly; epidemiology; HIV; prevalence

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PLEURISY; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VITAL STATISTICS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0029988468     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0736-4679(95)02038-1     Document Type: Article

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