title: Drug abuse treatment programs as centers for HIV-related research and treatment.
abstract: The Observational Data Base (ODB) is a multicenter, longitudinal effort of the Community Programs for Clinical Research in AIDS (CPCRA) designed to collect HIV-related data on a large number of HIV-infected patients receiving primary care from community based physicians and health care groups. Over 400 patients from the Addiction Research and Treatment Corporation have enrolled in the ODB. Compared to the remainder of the CPCRA, ARTC ODB enrollees are more likely to be female, African American or Hispanic and to have injectable drug use and heterosexual contact with an injectable drug user as risk factors. The ARTC ODB patient profile closely resembles the fastest growing segments of the AIDS epidemic.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical Service, Addiction Research and Treatment Corporation, Brooklyn, NY 11201.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Sawyer
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bailey
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hickson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McNair
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rawls
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Skinner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008691:Methadone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012106:Research; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012737:Sex Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000534:rehabilitation; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000534:rehabilitation*
chemical_list: D008691:Methadone