Economic outcomes of patients receiving antiretroviral therapy for HIV/AIDS in South Africa are sustained through three years on treatment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Rosen, Sydney ^a,b   Larson, Bruce ^a   Brennan, Alana ^a,b   Long, Lawrence ^b   Fox, Matthew ^a,b   Mongwenyana, Constance ^b   Ketlhapile, Mpefe ^b   Sanne, Ian ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; SKIN DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958521809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012731     Document Type: Article

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