Adherence to combination antiretroviral therapies in HIV patients of low health literacy

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 267-273

  Kalichman, Seth C ^a   Ramachandran, Bineetha ^b   Catz, Sheryl ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS treatment; HIV infection; Medication adherence

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032934575     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1999.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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