Self-reported Antiretroviral Therapy in Injection Drug Users
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Self-reported antiretroviral therapy in injection drug users.
CONTEXT The US Public Health Service and the International AIDS Society-USA recently published recommendations for antiretroviral therapy (ART) for persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); however, anecdotal evidence suggests that HIV-infected injection drug users (IDUs) may not be receiving optimal care as defined by the recommendations. OBJECTIVE To assess ART use in HIV-in...
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عنوان ژورنال: JAMA
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0098-7484
DOI: 10.1001/jama.280.6.544