Health status among persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus. A community-based study.

This research was supported by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (Grant No. HS06211), James F. Fries, Principal Investigator. Presented at the Agency for Health Care Policy Research: HIV-AIDS Health Services Research and Delivery Conference, Miami, Florida, December 4-6, 1991; American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, November 10-14, 1991. Address correspondence to: Deborah P. Lubeck, PhD, 1000 Welch Road, Suite 203, Palo Alto, CA 94304.

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