Disparities in reported reasons for not initiating or stopping antiretroviral treatment among a diverse sample of persons living with HIV

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 247-251

  Johnson, Mallory O ^a   Chesney, Margaret A ^a   Neilands, Torsten B ^a   Dilworth, Samantha E ^a   Remien, Robert H ^b   Weinhardt, Lance S ^c   Wong, F Lennie ^d   Morin, Stephen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Gender; HIV AIDS; Race; Substance use; Treatment disparities

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 58649118426     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0854-z     Document Type: Article

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