Socio-demographic profile of older adults with HIV/AIDS: Gender and sexual orientation differences

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-43

  Brennan, David J ^a   Emlet, Charles A ^b   Brennenstuhl, Sarah ^a   Rueda, Sergio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c ONTARIO HIV TREATMENT NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

aging; HIV AIDS; mental health; older adults; socio demographic profile; stigma

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LESBIANISM; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HIV INFECTIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BISEXUALITY; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84875747508     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: 17101107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980813000068     Document Type: Article

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