Quality of life in HIV-positive Brazilians: Application and validation of the WHOQOL-HIV, Brazilian version

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

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 923-930

  Zimpel, R R ^a,b   Fleck, M P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34548093526     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120701213765     Document Type: Article

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