Living with hepatitis C: Qualitative interviews with hepatitis C-infected veterans

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1959-1965

  Groessl, Erik J ^a,b   Weingart, Kimberly R ^a   Kaplan, Robert M ^c   Clark, Jack A ^d,e   Gifford, Allen L ^d,e   Ho, Samuel B ^a,b  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

HCV; Hepatitis C; Impact; Treatment; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; VETERAN;

HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 57249095873     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0790-y     Document Type: Article

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