Preliminary evidence of significant gaps in continuity of HIV care among excarcerated populations in Puerto Rico

Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 339-341

  Clatts, Michael C ^a   Rodriguez Díaz, Carlos E ^a   García, Hermes ^b   Vargas Molina, Ricardo L ^a   Jovet Toledo, Gerardo G ^a   Goldsamt, Lloyd A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b Centro Latinoamericano de Enfermedades de Transmisión Sexual CLETS   (Puerto Rico)

^c NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

excarceration; HIV; prison; Puerto Rico; reentry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PUERTO RICO; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS LOAD; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PUERTO RICO; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 83455206097     PISSN: 15451097     EISSN: 15570886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545109711418833     Document Type: Article

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