Relationship between Food Insecurity and Mortality among HIV-Positive Injection Drug Users Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in British Columbia, Canada

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Anema, Aranka ^a,b   Chan, Keith ^b   Chen, Yalin ^b   Weiser, Sheri ^c,d   Montaner, Julio S G ^a,b   Hogg, Robert S ^a,b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INSECURITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUNGER; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84878305950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061277     Document Type: Article

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