Quality of life in HIV disease as measured by the McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire

AIDS

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1421-1427

  Cohen, S Robin ^a,b   Hassan, S Ansar ^d   Lapointe, Bernard J ^b,c   Mount, Balfour M ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Clinique Medicale l'Actuel   (Canada)

^d Royal Victoria Hospital ^*

Author keywords

AIDS; Existential; HIV; Measurement; Psychosocial; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; WELLBEING;

EID: 0029743009     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199610000-00016     Document Type: Article

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