Factors associated with retention and viral suppression among a cohort of HIV+ women of color

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 29, Issue , 2015, Pages S27-S35

  Blank, Arthur E ^a   Fletcher, Jason ^a,b   Verdecias, Niko ^a   Garcia, Iliana ^a   Blackstock, Oni ^a   Cunningham, Chinazo ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; COLOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HIGH SCHOOL; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNEMPLOYMENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HIV INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84920278367     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: 15577449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2014.0272     Document Type: Article

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