Late Diagnosis of HIV Infection: The Role of Age and Sex

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 370-373

  Mugavero, Michael J ^a   Castellano, Chelsea ^a   Edelman, David ^b,c   Hicks, Charles ^a  

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

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Diagnosis; HIV; Prevention; Rural; South

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; ODDS RATIO; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33947602058     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.05.050     Document Type: Article

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