Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 59, Issue 6 , Pages 407-413 , December 2005

Health-related quality of life and health locus of control beliefs among HIV-infected treated patients

  • Marie Préau

      Affiliations

    • INSERM U379/ORS, Marseille, France
    • Laboratory of Social Psychology, University Aix-Marseille I, Aix en Provence, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. INSERM U379, 23 rue Stanislas Torrents, Marseille 13006, France. Tel.: +33 4 96 10 28 80; fax: +33 4 96 10 28 99
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  • Emmanuelle Vincent

      Affiliations

    • INSERM U379/ORS, Marseille, France
    • ,
  • Bruno Spire

      Affiliations

    • INSERM U379/ORS, Marseille, France
    • ,
  • Véronique Reliquet

      Affiliations

    • Hotel Dieu Hospital, Nantes, France
    • ,
  • Isabelle Fournier

      Affiliations

    • Bichat Hospital, Paris, France
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  • Christian Michelet

      Affiliations

    • CHU, Rennes, France
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  • Catherine Leport

      Affiliations

    • X. Bichat Faculty, Paris, France
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  • Michel Morin

      Affiliations

    • INSERM U379/ORS, Marseille, France
    • Laboratory of Social Psychology, University Aix-Marseille I, Aix en Provence, France
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  • the APROCO study group

Received 19 January 2005 ,Revised 22 April 2005 ,Accepted 2 June 2005.

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PII: S0022-3999(05)00122-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.06.005

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 59, Issue 6 , Pages 407-413 , December 2005

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