Do we need a national antiretroviral treatment register?

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 514-515

  Bekker, Linda Gail ^a   Wood, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REGISTRATION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; REGISTRIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0042661275     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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