Brazilian-Portuguese translation and validation of the HIV/AIDS-Targeted Quality of Life Instrument;Tradução e validação de um questionário de avaliação de qualidade de vida em AIDS no Brasil1

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-76

  De Soárez, Patrícia Coelho ^a   Castelo, Adauto ^a   Abrão, Paulo ^a   Holmes, William C ^b   Ciconelli, Rozana Mesquita ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Brazil; Quality of life; Reproducibility of results; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 63849255152     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1020-49892009000100011     Document Type: Article

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