Burden of depression among impoverished HIV-Positive women in Peru

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 500-504

  Wu, Diana Ying ^a   Munoz, Maribel ^b   Espiritu, Betty ^b   Zeladita, Jhon ^b   Sanchez, Eduardo ^b   Callacna, Miriam ^b   Rojas, Christian ^b   Arevalo, Jorge ^b   Caldas, Adolfo ^c   Shin, Sonya ^c,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SOCIOS EN SALUD   (Peru)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; HIV; Peru; Poverty; Psychosocial; Resource poor settings; Social support; Stigma; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERU; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STIGMA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HIV; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; PERU; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 50649105549     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31817dc3e9     Document Type: Article

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