Seroprevalence and HIV-associated factors among adults with severe mental illness - A vulnerable population

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 523-527

  Singh, Dinesh ^a   Berkman, Alan ^b   Bresnahan, Michaeline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHEST INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PSYCHOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 70049100038     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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