Declining AIDS mortality in Amsterdam: Contributions of declining HIV incidence and effective therapy

Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 536-542

  Smit, Colette ^a   Geskus, Ronald ^a   Uitenbroek, Daan ^a   Mulder, Dieke ^a   Van Den Hoek, Anneke ^a   Coutinho, Roel A ^a,b   Prins, Maria ^a  

^a MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INCIDENCE; META ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TIME;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CLINICAL TRIALS; COHORT STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 15744390082     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000135171.07103.f0     Document Type: Article

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