The burden of care: The impact of HIV-associated dementia on caregivers

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-56

  Meadows, Jean ^a   Le Maréchal, Kathryn ^a   Catalan, Jose ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PHYSICAL STRESS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0032935486     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.1999.13.47     Document Type: Article

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