Quality of life and related factors among HIV-positive spouses from serodiscordant couples under antiretroviral therapy in Henan Province, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Shan, Duo ^a   Ge, Zeng ^b   Ming, Shuai ^a   Wang, Lan ^a   Sante, Michael ^a   He, Wensheng ^c   Zhou, Jianping ^c   Liu, Shanglong ^d   Wang, Lu ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^c Zhumadian Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIGRANT WORKER; OCCUPATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPOUSE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 79959728778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021839     Document Type: Article

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