Awareness of hepatitis C diagnosis is associated with less alcohol use among persons co-infected with HIV

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 822-825

  Tsui, Judith I ^a   Saitz, Richard ^b,c   Cheng, Debbie M ^b,c   Nunes, David ^b   Libman, Howard ^d   Alperen, Julie K ^b   Samet, Jeffrey H ^b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Awareness of diagnosis; Hepatitis C; HIV

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34248550751     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0147-y     Document Type: Article

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