Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 4 , Pages 404-411 , April 2008

Quality of life and hostile mentality trend of patients with HIV/AIDS in China

  • Ya-Jun Meng

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
    • Huangshi Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Hubei Province, China
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  • Ning-Xiu Li

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel./fax: +8602885501646.
    • ,
  • Chao-Jie Liu

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia
    • ,
  • Jian-Hua Chen

      Affiliations

    • Huangshi Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Hubei Province, China
    • ,
  • Yan-Chao Song

      Affiliations

    • Huangshi Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Hubei Province, China
    • ,
  • Zu-Shu Qian

      Affiliations

    • Huangshi Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Hubei Province, China

Received 4 August 2006 ,Revised 12 May 2007 ,Accepted 15 June 2007.

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PII: S0033-3506(07)00199-0

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.06.007

Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 4 , Pages 404-411 , April 2008

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