Enrollment, retention, and visit attendance in the University of North Carolina Center for AIDS Research HIV Clinical Cohort, 2001-2007

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 875-881

  Howe, Chanelle J ^a   Cole, Stephen R ^a   Napravnik, Sonia ^a,b   Eron, Joseph J ^b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VIRUS LOAD; AMBULATORY CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DROPOUTS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 77955609877     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2009.0282     Document Type: Article

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