Quality of life of people living with HIV and aids in Estonia

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 111-115

  Rüütel, Kristi ^a,b   Uusküla, Anneli ^b   Minossenko, Anastassia ^a   Loit, Helle Mai ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Estonia; HIV infection; Injecting drug use; Quality of life; Socioeconomic situation; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 53749092836     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3461     Document Type: Article

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