HIV and aging - Preparing for the challenges ahead

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1270-1273

  Mills, Edward J ^a   Bärnighausen, Till ^b,c   Negin, Joel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c AFRICA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG COST; DRUG SAFETY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 84859379015     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1113643     Document Type: Article

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