Internet use among people living with HIV/AIDS: Coping and health-related correlates

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 439-448

  Kalichman, Seth C ^a   Cain, Demetria ^a   Cherry, Charsey ^a   Pope, Howard ^a   Eaton, Lisa ^a   Kalichman, Moira O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; INTERNET; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RACE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VIRUS LOAD;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 23344440078     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2005.19.439     Document Type: Article

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