Aging with HIV in Africa: The challenges of living longer

AIDS

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages

  Negin, Joel ^a   Bärnighausen, Till ^b,c   Lundgren, Jens D ^d   Mills, Edward J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; aging; AIDS; HIV; older adults

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

AFRICA; AGING; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KIDNEY DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE; MONITORING; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICA; AGED; AGING; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84863851534     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283560f54     Document Type: Review

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