Cohort profile: The paediatric antiretroviral treatment programmes in lower-income countries (KIDS-ART-LINC) collaboration

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 474-480

  Arrivé, Elise ^a   Kyabayinze, Daniel J ^b   Marquis, Benoit ^a   Tumwesigye, Nathan ^b   Kieffer, Mary Pat ^c   Azondekon, Alain ^d   Wemin, Louise ^e   Fassinou, Patricia ^f   Newell, Marie Louise ^g,h   Leroy, Valériane ^a   Abrams, Elaine J ⁱ   Cotton, Mark ^j   Boulle, Andrew ^k   Mbori Ngacha, Dorothy ^b   Dabis, François ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b African Network for the Care of Children Affected by HIV/AIDS (ANECCA)   (Uganda)

^c USAID   (Kenya)

^d hôpital d instruction des armées HIA   (Benin)

^e CEPREF Enfants   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^f CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE YOPOUGON   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

ⁱ Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^k STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; LAMIVUDINE; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; NELFINAVIR; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; STAVUDINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH CARE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POVERTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44949090357     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym216     Document Type: Article

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