The lived experience of treatment for Hepatitis C

Gastroenterology Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 401-408

  Kinder, Michelle ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; RIBAVIRIN;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG COMBINATION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RIBAVIRIN; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74049132246     PISSN: 1042895X     EISSN: 15389766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SGA.0b013e3181c1497f     Document Type: Article

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