Quality of life among people treated for tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 345-347

  Dowdy, D W ^a,b   Israel, G ^c   Vellozo, V ^c   Saraceni, V ^c   Cohn, S ^b   Cavalcante, S ^c,d   Chaisson, R E ^a,b   Golub, J E ^a,b,c   Durovni, B ^c,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Municipal Health Secretariat   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Human immunodeficiency virus; Quality of life; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TUBERCULOSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRAZIL; COINFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84874090387     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0123     Document Type: Article

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