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.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on November 15, 2009

Authors

Elena Losina1, Bruce R Schackman, Sara N Sadownik, Kelly A Gebo, Rochelle P Walensky, John J Chiosi, Milton C Weinstein, Perrin L Hicks, Wendy H Aaronson, Richard D Moore, A David Paltiel, Kenneth A Freedberg

Author Affiliations

1: Divisions of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, MA 02114, USA. elosina@partners.org

Associated clinical trials:

Community-based Interventions to Increase HIV Testing and HIV Care Utilization | NCT01867177

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