HIV symptoms and health-related quality of life prior to initiation of HAART in a sample of HIV-positive south africans

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1437-1447

  Preez, Natalie Friend Du ^a,b   Peltzer, Karl ^c,d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

HIV and AIDS; Quality of life; Signs and symptoms; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952276300     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-009-9566-6     Document Type: Article

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