Mass HIV Treatment and Sex Disparities in Life Expectancy: Demographic Surveillance in Rural South Africa

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Bor, Jacob ^a,b,c   Rosen, Sydney ^a,c   Chimbindi, Natsayi ^b   Haber, Noah ^b,d   Herbst, Kobus ^b   Mutevedzi, Tinofa ^b   Tanser, Frank ^b   Pillay, Deenan ^b,e   Bärnighausen, Till ^b,d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b AFRICA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE COURSE; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV INFECTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949431388     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001905     Document Type: Article

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