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Problem Drinking and Medication Adherence Among Persons with HIV Infection

  1. Robert L. Cook MD, MPH1,2,*,
  2. Susan M. Sereika PhD4,
  3. Susan C. Hunt MD2,
  4. William C. Woodward DO5,
  5. Judith A. Erlen PhD, RN4,
  6. Joseph Conigliaro MD, MPH1,2,3

Article first published online: 9 JUN 2004

DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2001.00122.x

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Journal of General Internal Medicine

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volume 16, Issue 2, pages 83–88, February 2001

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Cook, R. L., Sereika, S. M., Hunt, S. C., Woodward, W. C., Erlen, J. A. and Conigliaro, J. (2001), Problem Drinking and Medication Adherence Among Persons with HIV Infection. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 16: 83–88. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2001.00122.x

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  1. 1

    Received from the Center for Research on Health Care (RLC, JC),

  2. 2

    Division of General Internal Medicine (RLC, SH, JC),

  3. 3

    VA Pittsburgh Health Care System (JC),

  4. 4

    and the Center for Research in Chronic Disorders (SMS, JAE),

  5. 5

    University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa; and Bornemann Internal Medicine, Reading, Pa (CW).

*Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Cook: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, E820 UPMC Montefiore, 200 Lothrop St., Pittsburgh PA 15213 (e-mail: cookrl@msx.upmc.edu).

  1. Presented in part at the 22nd annual meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine, San Francisco, Calif, May 1999.

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