Quality of life among people living with HIV/AIDS in northern Thailand: MOS-HIV Health Survey

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 601-610

  Ichikawa, Masao ^a   Natpratan, Chawalit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Off Communic Dis Contr Reg 10   (Thailand)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; MOS HIV; Quality of life; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COGNITION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; THAILAND; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; THAILAND; TRANSLATING;

EID: 1942518780     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:QURE.0000021319.73865.5a     Document Type: Review

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