Symptoms are highly prevalent among HIV outpatients and associated with poor adherence and unprotected sexual intercourse

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 520-524

  Harding, Richard ^a   Lampe, Fiona C ^b   Norwood, Sally ^b   Date, Heather Leake ^c   Clucas, Claudine ^b   Fisher, Martin ^b,c   Johnson, Margaret ^d   Edwards, Simon ^e   Anderson, Jane ^f   Sherr, Lorraine ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Worthing Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^d Royal Free Centre for HIV Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUALITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 78649667890     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2009.038505     Document Type: Article

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