Antiretroviral medication diversion among HIV-positive substance abusers in South Florida

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1026-1028

  Surratt, Hilary L ^a,b   Kurtz, Steven P ^a,b   Cicero, Theodore J ^c   O'Grady, Catherine ^a,b   Levi Minzi, Maria A ^a,b  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; COMMERCE; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HIV; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; STEREOTYPING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878034300     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301092     Document Type: Article

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