Increased mortality in rural patients with HIV in New England

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 693-698

  Lahey, Timothy ^a,b   Lin, Michelle ^a,c   Marsh, Bryan ^b   Curtin, Jim ^b   Wood, Kim ^b   Eccles, Betsy ^b   Von Reyn, C Fordham ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MORTALITY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEW ENGLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 34249894502     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2006.0206     Document Type: Article

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