National income inequality and declining GDP growth rates are associated with increases in HIV diagnoses among people who inject drugs in Europe: A panel data analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Nikolopoulos, Georgios K ^a,b   Fotiou, Anastasios ^a,c   Kanavou, Eleftheria ^c   Richardson, Clive ^c,d   Detsis, Marios ^a   Pharris, Anastasia ^e   Suk, Jonathan E ^e   Semenza, Jan C ^e   Costa Storti, Claudia ^f   Paraskevis, Dimitrios ^a   Sypsa, Vana ^a   Malliori, Melpomeni Minerva ^a   Friedman, Samuel R ^g   Hatzakis, Angelos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Hellenic Centre for Diseases Control and Prevention   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^d PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^e EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^f EUROPEAN MONITORING CENTRE FOR DRUGS AND DRUG ADDICTION   (Portugal)

^g NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EUROPE; GOVERNMENT; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; NAMED GROUPS OF PERSONS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS; POLICY; POPULATION SIZE; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMICS; HIV INFECTIONS; INJECTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EUROPE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; POVERTY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84929484600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122367     Document Type: Article

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