Migrants' access to antiretroviral therapy in Thailand

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 999-1008

  Saether, Simen Tellemann ^a   Chawphrae, Usawadee ^b   Zaw, Maw Maw ^b   Keizer, Cornelieke ^a   Wolffers, Ivan ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Thai Labour Campaign   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Access; Antiretroviral; ART; ART guidelines; Migrants; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MIGRANT WORKER;

ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRANT WORKER; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THAILAND; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 34547849512     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01879.x     Document Type: Article

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