Risk and protective factors associated with health-related quality of life among older gay and bisexual men living with HIV disease

Gerontologist

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 963-972

  Emlet, Charles A ^a   Fredriksen Goldsen, Karen I ^b   Kim, Hyun Jun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Gay and bisexual men; Hiv disease; Lgbt aging; Quality of life; Resilience

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN; HEALTH STATUS; HIV DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LGBT AGING; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESILIENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGING; GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN; HIV DISEASE; LGBT AGING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESILIENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BISEXUALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888632858     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gns191     Document Type: Article

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