Treatment Outcomes in Undocumented Hispanic Immigrants with HIV Infection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Poon, Kenneth K ^a   Dang, Bich N ^a,b   Davila, Jessica A ^a,b   Hartman, Christine ^a,b   Giordano, Thomas P ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875413864     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060022     Document Type: Article

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