Trends in HIV-related morbidity among patients admitted to a South Indian tertiary hospital between 1997 and 2003

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 366-370

  Solomon, S S ^a   Kumarasamy, N ^b   Celentano, D D ^a   Yepthomi, T H ^b   Arvind, V P ^b   Solomon, S ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b YRG CENTRE FOR AIDS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MORBIDITY;

EID: 33646916960     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120500201755     Document Type: Article

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