HIV and hepatitis C mortality in Massachusetts, 2002-2011: Spatial cluster and trend analysis of HIV and HCV using multiple cause of death

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Meyers, David J ^a,b   Hood, Maria Elena ^c   Stopka, Thomas J ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE CAUSE OF DEATH; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84917705495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114822     Document Type: Article

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