Determinants of nontraditional therapy use in patients with HIV infection: A prospective study

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 197-201

  Singh, Nina ^a   Squier, Cheryl ^a   Sivek, Carla ^a   Nguyen, M Hong ^a   Wagener, Marilyn ^a   Yu, Victor L ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STREET DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ASSERTIVENESS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0030062963     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.2.197     Document Type: Article

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