Relationship of symptoms, perceived health, and stigma with quality of life among urban HIV-infected African American men: Populations at risk across the lifespan: Empirical studies

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 409-419

  Buseh, Aaron G ^a   Kelber, Sheryl T ^a   Stevens, Patricia E ^a   Park, Chang Gi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

African American men; HIV AIDS; Quality of life; Stigma; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSPNEA; ETHNOLOGY; FATIGUE; FEAR; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEAR; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STEREOTYPING; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 50049112716     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2008.00725.x     Document Type: Article

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