Ability to work and employment rates in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1-infected individuals receiving combination antiretroviral therapy: The Swiss HIV cohort study

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Elzi, Luigia ^a   Conen, Anna ^b   Patzen, Annalea ^a   Fehr, Jan ^c   Cavassini, Matthias ^d   Calmy, Alexandra ^e   Schmid, Patrick ^f   Bernasconi, Enos ^g   Furrer, Hansjakob ^h   Battegay, Manuel ^a   Barth, J ⁱ   Battegay, M ⁱ   Bernasconi, E ⁱ   Boni J ⁱ   Bucher, H C ⁱ   Burgisser P ⁱ   Burton Jeangros, C ⁱ   Calmy, A ⁱ   Cavassini, M ⁱ   Dubs, R ⁱ   Egger, M ⁱ   Elzi, L ⁱ   Fehr, J ⁱ   Fischer, M ⁱ   Flepp, M ⁱ   Furrer, H ⁱ   Fux, C A ⁱ   Gorgievski, M ⁱ   Gunthard H ⁱ   Hasse, B ⁱ   Hirsch, H H ⁱ   Hirschel, B ⁱ   Hosli I ⁱ   Kahlert, C ⁱ   Kaiser, L ⁱ   Keiser, O ⁱ   Kind, C ⁱ   Klimkait, T ⁱ   Kovari, H ⁱ   Ledergerber, B ⁱ   Martinetti, G ⁱ   Martinez de Tejada, B ⁱ   Muller N ⁱ   Nadal, D ⁱ   Pantaleo, G ⁱ   Rauch, A ⁱ   Regenass, S ⁱ   Rickenbach, M ⁱ   Rudin, C ⁱ   Schmid, P ⁱ   Schultze, D ⁱ   Schoni Affolter F ⁱ   Schupbach J ⁱ   Speck, R ⁱ   Taffe P ⁱ   Tarr, P ⁱ   Telenti, A ⁱ   Trkola, A ⁱ   Vernazza, P ⁱ   von Wyl, V ⁱ   Weber, R ⁱ   Yerly, S ⁱ   Conen, A ⁱ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^f CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^g REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

Ability to work; Antiretroviral therapy; Disability; Employment; HIV AIDS

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIXED INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 85000842903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofw022     Document Type: Article

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