Risk of mortality and physiologic injury evident with lower alcohol exposure among HIV infected compared with uninfected men

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 161, Issue , 2016, Pages 95-103

  Justice, Amy C ^a,b   McGinnis, Kathleen A ^c   Tate, Janet P ^a,b   Braithwaite, R Scott ^d   Bryant, Kendall J ^e   Cook, Robert L ^f   Edelman, E Jennifer ^a,b   Fiellin, Lynn E ^b   Freiberg, Matthew S ^c,g   Gordon, Adam J ^c,h   Kraemer, Kevin L ^c,h   Marshall, Brandon D L ⁱ   Williams, Emily C ^j   Fiellin, David A ^a,b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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Author keywords

Alcohol; AUDIT C; HIV; Morbidity; Mortality; VACS Index; Veteran

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HAZARD RATIO; HEPATITIS C; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; GOVERNMENT; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84973544783     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.01.017     Document Type: Article

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