Late middle-aged and older men living with HIV/AIDS: Race differences in coping, social support, and psychological distress

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 436-444

  Heckman, Timothy G ^a,d   Kochman, Arlene ^a   Sikkema, Kathleen J ^a   Kalichman, Seth C ^a   Masten, James ^b   Goodkin, Karl ^c  

^a Ctr AIDS Intervention Res   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0034263618     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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