Impact of HIV testing on uptake of HIV therapy among antiretroviral naive HIV-infected injection drug users

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 451-454

  Wood, Evan ^a,b,d   Kerr, Thomas ^a   Hogg, Robert S ^a,b   Palepu, Anita ^b   Zhang, Ruth ^a   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^c   Montaner, Julio S G ^a,b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; HIV; Injection drug use

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TIME;

ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750117358     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595230600883313     Document Type: Article

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