Delayed access to HIV diagnosis and care: Special concerns for the Southern United States

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

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Krawczyk, Christopher S ^a,b   Funkhouser, Ellen ^a   Kilby, J Michael ^a   Vermund, Sten H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; MEDICAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL AREA;

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748649077     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120600839280     Document Type: Review

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