Measuring health-related quality of life among patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 20-26

  Franchi, Diane ^a   Wenzel, Richard P ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; WELLBEING;

EID: 0031937759     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516262     Document Type: Article

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