Validity of measures of pain and symptoms in HIV/AIDS infected households in resources poor settings: Results from the Dominican Republic and Cambodia

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Pappas, Gregory ^a   Wolf, R Cameron ^b   Morineau, Guy ^c   Harding, Richard ^d  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33744467375     PISSN: 1472684X     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-5-3     Document Type: Article

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