The 'Antiretrovirals, Sexual Transmission Risk and Attitudes' (ASTRA) Study. Design, Methods and Participant Characteristics

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Speakman, Andrew ^a   Rodger, Alison ^a   Phillips, Andrew N ^a   Gilson, Richard ^a   Johnson, Margaret ^b   Fisher, Martin ^c   Ed Wilkins, ^d   Anderson, Jane ^e   O'Connell, Rebecca ^f   Lascar, Monica ^f   Aderogba, Kazeem ^g   Edwards, Simon ^a   McDonnell, Jeffrey ^a   Perry, Nicky ^c   Sherr, Lorraine ^a   Collins, Simon ^h   Hart, Graham ^a   Johnson, Anne M ^a   Miners, Alec ⁱ   Elford, Jonathan ^j   Geretti, Anna Maria ^k   Burman, William J ^l   Lampe, Fiona C ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UK   (United Kingdom)

^d PENNINE ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g Avenue House   (United Kingdom)

^h c o HIV i Base   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^j CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^l DENVER PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRALS SEXUAL TRANSMISSION RISK AND ATTITUDES STUDY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; METHODOLOGY; OUTPATIENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSE TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TYPES OF ARTICLE OR STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885437355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077230     Document Type: Article

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