Poorer physical health-related quality of life among aboriginals and injection drug users treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Martin, Leah J ^a   Houston, Stan ^a   Yasui, Yutaka ^a   Cameron Wild, T ^a   Duncan Saunders, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal populations; Antiretroviral therapy; Health related quality of life; Highly active; Intravenous drug users; Treatment outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875388258     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405651     Document Type: Article

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