Quality of life and use of health care among people with genital herpes in France

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 380-384

  Taboulet, F ^a   Halioua, Bruno ^b   Malkin, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b INSTITUT ALFRED FOURNIER   (France)

Author keywords

Genital herpes; Health care consumption; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENITAL HERPES; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HERPES GENITALIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032878557     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000155599750010337     Document Type: Article

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