Association of complementary and alternative medicines with HIV clinical disease among a cohort of women living with HIV/AIDS

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1415-1422

  Mikhail, Isis S ^a,b   DiClemente, Ralph ^a   Person, Sharina ^c   Davies, Susan ^b   Elliott, Elizabeth ^b   Wingood, Gina ^a   Jolly, Pauline E ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c and Clinical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Complementary and alternative medicine; HIV; Women

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION CATEGORY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS LOAD; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WOMEN LIVING WITH AIDS; WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALABAMA; COHORT STUDIES; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VITAMINS;

EID: 7244232640     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000130549.65946.3d     Document Type: Article

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