Relation of physician specialty and HIV/AIDS experience to choice of guideline-recommended antiretroviral therapy

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 360-368

  Stone, Valerie ^a   Mansourati, Fadi ^a   Poses, Roy M ^a   Mayer, Kenneth ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; HIV AIDS; Physician specialty

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; VENEREOLOGY;

EID: 0035722005     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2001.016006360.x     Document Type: Article

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