Risk factors for follow-up interruption of HIV patients in French Guiana

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 915-917

  Nacher, Mathieu ^a   El Guedj, Myriam ^b   Vaz, Tania ^b   Nasser, Valéry ^c   Randrianjohany, Andry ^c   Alvarez, Fernand ^d   Sobesky, Milko ^b   Magnien, Christian ^a   Couppié, Pierre ^b  

^a Andree Rosemon Hospital   (French Guiana)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE CAYENNE   (French Guiana)

^c Centre Hospitalier Frank Joly   (French Guiana)

^d Centre Médico Chirurgical de Kourou   (French Guiana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRENCH GUIANA; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; CLASSIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STATISTICS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; FRENCH GUIANA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 33745020444     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.74.915     Document Type: Article

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