Life Improvement, Life Satisfaction, and Care Arrangement Among AIDS Orphans in Rural Henan, China

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 122-132

  Zhao, Qun ^a   Li, Xiaoming ^a   Fang, Xiaoyi ^a   Stanton, Bonita ^a   Zhao, Guoxiang ^a   Zhao, Junfeng ^a   Zhang, Liying ^a  

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Author keywords

AIDS orphans; care arrangement; China; life improvement; life satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; ORPHANED CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POPULATION; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, ORPHANED; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 61949368176     PISSN: 10553290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jana.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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