Feasibility of primary HIV care in a Thai tertiary care centre

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 667-670

  Khawcharoenporn, T ^a   Apisarnthanarak, A ^a   Kitkungvan, D ^a   Laowansiri, P ^a   Mundy, L M ^b  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COLPOSCOPY; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINITIS; SCREENING; SYPHILIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THAILAND;

EID: 69949152992     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2009.09e003     Document Type: Letter

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