Psychosocial adjustment of women to living with HIV/AIDS

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 277-287

  Karus, Daniel ^a,b   Siegel, Karolynn ^a   Raveis, Victoria H ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Psychosocial adjustment; Race ethnicity; Women

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSPHORIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PUERTO RICO; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032713393     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025481200529     Document Type: Article

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