Impact of hepatitis C infection on long-term mortality of injecting drug users from 1990 to 2002: Differences before and after HAART

AIDS

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 111-116

  Lumbreras, Blanca ^a   Jarrín, Inmaculada ^a   Del Amo, Julia ^a   Pérez Hoyos, Santiago ^b   Muga, Roberto ^c   García De La Hera, Manuela ^a   Ferreros, Inmaculada ^b   Sanvisens, Arantza ^c   Hurtado, Isabel ^b   Hernández Aguado, Ildefonso ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b Generalitat Valenciana   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Community based cohort; HCV; Injecting drug users; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COUNSELING; DEATH; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER;

EID: 29144436438     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000196164.71388.3b     Document Type: Article

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