The physical costs of AIDS caregiving

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 915-923

  Leblanc, Allen J ^a   London, Andrew S ^b   Aneshensel, Carol S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Caregiving; Health; Stress

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL WORK; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; SAN FRANCISCO; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030872875     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00002-6     Document Type: Article

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