A national HIV community cohort: Design, baseline, and follow-up of the AmFAR observational database

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 779-793

  Cohen, Calvin J ^a   Iwane, Marika K ^b   Palensky, Jolie B ^b   Levin, David L ^c   Meagher, Kevin J ^d   Frost, Kevin R ^e   Mayer, Kenneth H ^f  

^a Comm Res Initiative of New England ^*  (United States)

^b University of Iowa   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

^e Amer Foundation for AIDS Research   (United States)

^f Brown University AIDS Program   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; AmFAR; Cohort; HIV; Observational database; ODB

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LABORATORY TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032170170     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(98)00043-2     Document Type: Article

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