Demographic & clinical profile of HIV infected children accessing care at Tambaram, Chennai, India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-49

  Rajasekaran, S ^a   Jeyaseelan, L ^b   Raja, K ^a   Ravichandran, N ^a  

^a Government Hospital of Thoracic Medicine   (India)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Access to care; Children; Clinical manifestations; GIS; HIV; HIV and TB; Opportunistic infection

Indexed keywords

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ESOPHAGUS CANDIDIASIS; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ASPECT; THRUSH; TRAVEL; WASTING SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 65949117216     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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