Racial and Sex Disparities in Life Expectancy Losses among HIV‐Infected Persons in the United States: Impact of Risk Behavior, Late Initiation, and Early Discontinuation of Antiretroviral Therapy
Open Access
- 15 November 2009
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 49 (10) , 1570-1578
- https://doi.org/10.1086/644772
Abstract
Background. Most persons with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in the United States present to care with advanced disease, and many patieKeywords
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