Assessing limiting factors to the acceptance of antiretroviral therapy in a large cohort of injecting drug users

HIV Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-37

  Clarke, Susan ^a   Delamere, S ^a   McCullough, L ^a   Hopkins, S ^a   Bergin, C ^a   Mulcahy, F ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

ART; HIV; IDU

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; METHADONE; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; DIAMORPHINE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CRIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IRELAND; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG MISUSE; EDUCATION; HELPER CELL; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HOMELESSNESS; LIFESTYLE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHADONE TREATMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SIBLING; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNEMPLOYMENT; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CRIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; METHADONE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0037268147     PISSN: 14642662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1293.2003.00130.x     Document Type: Article

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