The impact of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection on quality of life in a multiracial South African population

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 275-280

  O'Keefe, E A ^a,b   Wood, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NEW SOMERSET HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); Instrument SF 36; Medical Outcomes Survey (MOS); Quality of life; Race; WHO Clinical disease stage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CASE CONTROL STUDIES; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISONS; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; ETHNIC GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; STUDIES; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0029975592     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00434749     Document Type: Article

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