Loss to follow-up in a community clinic in South Africa-roles of gender, pregnancy and CD4 count

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 253-257

  Wang, Bingxia ^a,b   Losina, Elena ^c   Stark, Ruth ^d   Munro, Alison ^e   Walensky, Rochelle P ^f   Wilke, Marisa ^d   Martin, Des ^g   Lu, Zhigang ^a   Freedberg, Kenneth A ^b   Wood, Robin ^h  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

^d Catholic Relief Services South Africa   (South Africa)

^e Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference   (South Africa)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79955941559     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/samj.4078     Document Type: Article

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