Attrition and related trends in scientific rigor: A score card for ART adherence intervention research and recommendations for future directions

Current HIV/AIDS Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 172-185

  Amico, K Rivet ^a   Harman, Jennifer J ^b   O'Grady, Megan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTRITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SCIENTIFIC RIGOR; VALIDITY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY;

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 58149154556     PISSN: 15483568     EISSN: 15483576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11904-008-0026-0     Document Type: Article

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