The Veterans Aging Cohort Study: observational studies of alcohol use, abuse, and outcomes among human immunodeficiency virus-infected veterans.
This article represents the proceedings of a symposium at the 2003 annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The organizers/chairs were Joseph Conigliaro and Amy Justice. The presentations were (1) Introduction, by Joseph Conigliaro and Tamra Madenwald; (2) Alcohol and HIV/AIDS: the importance of integrative and translational research, by Kendall Bryant; (3) Alcohol use and abuse among patients with HIV infection, by Joseph Conigliaro and Stephan Maisto; (4) Severity of comorbid alcohol use/abuse in HIV infection, by Amy Justice and Jeffrey Samet; (5) Estimating the impact of alcohol use on long-term HIV outcomes, by Scott Braithwaite and Amy Justice; (6) Homelessness, drug & alcohol use among HIV+ veterans, by Adam Gordon and Robert Cook; and (7) Hepatitis C & alcohol in the VACS 3 study, by Shawn Fultz and Kevin Kraemer. The symposium concluded with a discussion led and facilitated by Diedra Roach.
Conigliaro
Joseph
J
Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP), Pittsburgh, PA, USA. joseph.conigliaro@med.va.gov
Madenwald
Tamra
T
Bryant
Kendall
K
Braithwaite
Scott
S
Gordon
Adam
A
Fultz
Shawn L
SL
Maisto
Stephen
S
Samet
Jeffrey
J
Kraemer
Kevin
K
Cook
Robert
R
Day
Nancy
N
Roach
Diedra
D
Richey
Susan
S
Justice
Amy
A
D000375:Aging; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000818:Animals; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008887:Military Medicine; D012955:Societies, Medical; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States; D014728:Veterans / Q000706:statistics & numerical data