Gender and age differences in quality of life and the impact of psychopathological symptoms among HIV-infected patients

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1857-1869

  Pereira, Marco ^a   Canavarro, Maria Cristina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; HIV AIDS; Psychopathological symptoms; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84555208313     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-011-9928-8     Document Type: Article

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