Latinos and HIV care in the Southeastern United States: New challenges complicating longstanding problems

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 488-489

  Del Rio, Carlos ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NOTE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 80051956363     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir440     Document Type: Note

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