Exploring the psychological impact of HIV: Health comparisons of older Australian HIV-positive and HIV-negative gay men

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2340-2349

  Lyons, Anthony ^a   Pitts, Marian ^a   Grierson, Jeffrey ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Gay men; HIV; Mental health; Psychological well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SERODIAGNOSIS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84868560374     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0252-8     Document Type: Article

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