Rural AIDS diagnoses in florida: Changing demographics and factors associated with survival

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 266-280

  Trepka, Mary Jo ^a   Niyonsenga, Theophile ^a   Maddox, Lorene M ^b   Lieb, Spencer ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c AIDS Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; AIDS; Mortality; Rural health; Rural population

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879603396     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2012.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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