Eligibility for HIV/AIDS treatment among adults in a medical emergency setting at an urban hospital in Uganda

African Health Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 124-128

  Nakanjako, Damalie ^a   Kyabayinze, Daniel J ^a   Mayanja Kizza, Harriet ^a   Katabira, Elly ^a   Kamya, Moses R ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Africa; Eligibility for antiretroviral therapy; HIV AIDS; Hospitals

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UGANDA;

ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; UGANDA;

EID: 53549085883     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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