Delayed entry into HIV medical care after HIV diagnosis: Risk factors and research methods

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1240-1248

  Jenness, Samuel M ^a   Myers, Julie E ^b,c   Neaigus, Alan ^d   Lulek, Julie ^d   Navejas, Michael ^d   Raj Singh, Shavvy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

delay; HIV AIDS; initiation; linkage; medical care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864658288     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2012.656569     Document Type: Article

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