Disparities in HIV-treatment responses between haitians, African Americans, and hispanics living in Miami-Dade county, Florida

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 179-190

  Colasanti, Jonathan ^a   Nguyen, Linda ^b   Kiem, JoAnn Tjin Kon ^b   Deeb, Khaled ^b   Jayaweera, Dushyantha ^c  

^a JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparity; Haitian; HIV; Minority

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH DISPARITY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VIRUS LOAD;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HAITI; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84860424378     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2012.0004     Document Type: Article

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