Attitudes and barriers to employment in HIV-positive patients

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 423-429

  Rodger, A J ^a,b   Brecker, N ^a   Bhagani, S ^a   Fernandez, T ^a   Johnson, M ^a   Tookman, A ^a   Bartley, A ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment; HIV; Interventions; Psychological health

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STIGMA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ATTITUDE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STIGMA; TIME FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955962531     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqq077     Document Type: Article

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