Acculturation, socioeconomic vulnerability, and quality of life in Spanish-speaking and bilingual latino HIV-infected men and women

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 246-263

  Van Servellen, Gwen ^a   Chang, Betty ^a   Lombardi, Emilia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LANGUAGE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CLASS;

ACCULTURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0036549123     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01939450222045888     Document Type: Article

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