Levels of emotional distress among parents living with AIDS and their adolescent children

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 367-372

  Rotheram Borus, Mary Jane ^a   Lightfoot, Marguerita ^a   Shen, Haikang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; AIDS; Anxiety; Depression; Parents

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032756696     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025497704164     Document Type: Article

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