Evaluating HIV/AIDS disparities for blacks in the United States: A review of antiretroviral and mortality studies

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1221-1229

  Oramasionwu, Christine U ^a,b   Brown, Carolyn M ^a   Lawson, Kenneth A ^a   Ryan, Laurajo ^a,b   Frei, Christopher R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; HIV AIDS; Mortality; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; DIDANOSINE; ENFUVIRTIDE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; ZALCITABINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; NONHUMAN; PEER REVIEW; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75149178640     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)31133-0     Document Type: Article

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