The Missing Men: HIV Treatment Scale-Up and Life Expectancy in Sub-Saharan Africa

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Tsai, Alexander C ^a,b,c   Siedner, Mark J ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; SCREENING TEST; VIRAL LOAD TESTING; FEMALE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; TRENDS;

FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE;

EID: 84949435316     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001906     Document Type: Article

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