Impact of HIV/AIDS on social relationships in rural China

Open AIDS Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-73

  Zhang, Yurong ^a   Zhang, Xiulan ^a   Aleong, Tamara Hanko ^b   Fuller Thomson, Esme ^b,c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; Developing world; HIV AIDS; Social relationships; Social support

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; NEIGHBORHOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELATIVE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 80053533329     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18746136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874613601105010067     Document Type: Article

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