Open AccessA prospective study of alcohol consumption and HIV acquisition among injection drug users
Author(s) -
Chanelle J. Howe,
Stephen R. Cole,
David G. Ostrow,
Shruti H. Mehta,
Gregory D. Kirk
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.195
H-Index - 216
eISSN - 1473-5571
pISSN - 0269-9370
DOI - 10.1097/qad.0b013e328340fee2
Subject(s) - medicine , quartile , confounding , prospective cohort study , hazard ratio , alcohol , demography , cohort study , cohort , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , confidence interval , immunology , biochemistry , chemistry , sociology
to estimate the effect of alcohol consumption on HIV acquisition while appropriately accounting for confounding by time-varying risk factors.