Binational care-seeking behavior and health-related quality of life among HIV-infected latinos in the U.S.-Mexico border region

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 162-172

  Zúñiga, María Luisa ^a   Blanco, Estela ^a   Brennan, Jesse J ^a   Scolari, Rosana ^a   Artamonova, Irina V ^a   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; AIDS; HIV; Quality of life; U.S. Mexico border

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79954756913     PISSN: 10553290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jana.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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