The face of HIV and AIDS: Can we erase the stigma?

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

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 485-487

  Kavouni, A ^a   Catalan, J ^b   Brown, S ^a   Mandalia, S ^a   Barton, S E ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL AND NORTH WEST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lipoatrophy; New Fill; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

POLYLACTIC ACID;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANXIETY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECCHYMOSIS; EDEMA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INJECTION SITE ERYTHEMA; LIPOATROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIGMA;

ADULT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HIV-ASSOCIATED LIPODYSTROPHY SYNDROME; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYMERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 43249086948     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120701868345     Document Type: Conference Paper

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