Foreign born status and HIV/AIDS: A comparative analysis of HIV/AIDS characteristics among foreign and U.S. born individuals

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-88

  Crawford, Tim ^a   Caldwell, Glyn ^a   Bush, Heather M ^a   Browning, Steve ^a   Thornton, Alice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

CD4+ count; Foreign born; HIV AIDS; Late testing; Opportunistic infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CENSUSES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860562580     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-011-9455-8     Document Type: Article

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