Barriers to free antiretroviral treatment access for female sex workers in Chennai, India

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 973-980

  Chakrapani, Venkatesan ^a   Newman, Peter A ^b   Shunmugam, Murali ^a   Kurian, Abraham K ^a   Dubrow, Robert ^c  

^a Indian Network for People Living with HIV/AIDS   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PROSTITUTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STAFF TRAINING; STIGMA;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSTITUTION; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72849112162     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2009.0035     Document Type: Article

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