Notes on the socio-economic and cultural factors influencing the transmission of HIV in Botswana

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1325-1333

  MacDonald, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

AIDS; Botswana; Culture; Socio economic development

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BOTSWANA; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MALAWI; MIGRATION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UGANDA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZAMBIA;

AIDS EPIDEMIC; CULTURAL FACTORS; HIV TRANSMISSION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

BOTSWANA;

EID: 0029669878     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00223-5     Document Type: Article

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