Orphans of the AIDS epidemic in the United States: Transition-related characteristics and psychosocial adjustment at 6 months after mother's death

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 715-722

  Forehand, Rex ^a   Pelton, J ^b   Chance, M ^b   Armistead, L ^b   Morse, E ^b   Morse, P S ^b   Stock, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BEREAVEMENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD CUSTODY; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033404895     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540129947622     Document Type: Article

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