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

Gmel, GerritShield, Kevin D.Rehm, Juergen2012-06-252012-06-252012-06-25201110.1186/1478-7954-9-5https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/82164WOS:000300216100001Background: 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 alcohol consumption and the associated uncertainty.Global BurdenHivTherapyDiseaseQuantificationSurvivalRiskDrugDeveloping a method to derive alcohol-attributable fractions for HIV/AIDS mortality based on alcohol's impact on adherence to antiretroviral medicationtext::journal::journal article::research article