Developing a method to derive alcohol-attributable fractions for HIV/AIDS mortality based on alcohol's impact on adherence to antiretroviral medication

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Alcohol consumption is causally linked to nonadherence to antiretroviral treatment that in turn causes an increase in HIV/AIDS mortality. This article presents a method to calculate the percentage of HIV/AIDS deaths attributable to a...

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Main Authors: Shield Kevin D, Gmel Gerrit, Rehm Jürgen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-02-01
Series:Population Health Metrics
Online Access:http://www.pophealthmetrics.com/content/9/1/5