Use of alternative therapies by people living with HIV/AIDS in Australia

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

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 599-606

  De Visser, Richard ^a   Grierson, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036796283     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0954012021000005425     Document Type: Article

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