A qualitative study of the psychosocial implications of lipodystrophy syndrome on HIV positive individuals

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-141

  Power, Robert ^a   Tate, H L ^b   McGill, S M ^b   Taylor, C ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMDEN AND ISLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIET; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; EXERCISE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; LIPODYSTROPHY; LONGEVITY; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPOUSE;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-ASSOCIATED LIPODYSTROPHY SYNDROME; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0037395720     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.79.2.137     Document Type: Article

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