Estimating the proportion of patients infected with HIV who will die of comorbid diseases.

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Published in Am J Med on August 01, 2005

Authors

R Scott Braithwaite1, Amy C Justice, Chung-Chou H Chang, Jennifer S Fusco, Stephen R Raffanti, John B Wong, Mark S Roberts

Author Affiliations

1: VAMC New Haven and Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn, USA. ronald.braithwaite@med.va.gov

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