Differences in access to care among injection drug users infected either with HIV and hepatitis C or hepatitis C alone

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

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 690-693

  Braitstein, Paula ^a,b,c   Li, K ^a   Kerr, T ^a,b   Montaner, J S G ^a,b   Hogg, R S ^a,b   Wood, E ^a,b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEPATITIS C; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NIGHT SWEAT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH PAIN; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF-ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 33748711406     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120500359330     Document Type: Article

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