Men's heightened risk of AIDS-related death: The legacy of gendered HIV testing and treatment strategies

AIDS

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1123-1125

  Dovel, Kathryn ^a   Yeatman, Sara ^a   Watkins, Susan ^b,c   Poulin, Michelle ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEN'S HEALTH; MORTALITY; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; FEMALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84942505607     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000655     Document Type: Note

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