Modern antiretroviral therapy improves life expectancy of gay and bisexual males in Vancouver's west end

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 125-128

  Wood, Evan ^a,b   Low Beer, Sophie ^a   Bartholomew, Kim ^c   Landolt, Monica ^c   Oram, Doug ^c   O'Shaughnessy, Michael V ^a,b   Hogg, Robert S ^a,b,d  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CANADA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY;

EID: 0034043958     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404927     Document Type: Article

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