What do we know about older adults and HIV? a review of social and behavioral literature

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1187-1207

  Sankar, Andrea ^a   Nevedal, Andrea ^a   Neufeld, Stewart ^b   Berry, Rico ^a   Luborsky, Mark ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adherence; age; ethnicity; gerontology; HIV AIDS; risk

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053543004     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2011.564115     Document Type: Review

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