Causes of death among patients with HIV in Singapore from 1985 to 2001: Results from the Singapore HIV Observational Cohort Study (SHOCS)

HIV Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 289-295

  Bellamy, R ^a   Sangeetha, S ^a   Paton, N I ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

AIDS; Clinical database; Cohort study; HIV; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOSIS; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 4043151429     PISSN: 14642662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2004.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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