Effect of improved access to antiretroviral therapy on clinical characteristics of patients enrolled in the HIV care and treatment clinic, at Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Mugusi, Sabina F ^a,c   Mwita, Julius C ^b   Francis, Joel M ^a   Aboud, Said ^b   Bakari, Muhammad ^b   Aris, Eric A ^a   Swai, Andrew B ^a   Mugusi, Ferdinand M ^b   Pallangyo, Kisali ^b   Sandstrom, Eric ^c  

^a MUHIMBILI NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TANZANIA; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TANZANIA; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952733715     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-291     Document Type: Article

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