Assessing the health status of young AIDS and other orphans in Kampala, Uganda

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 210-215

  Sarker, Malabika ^a   Neckermann, Christina ^b   Müller, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Africa; Health status; Nutrition; Orphans

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; ORPHAN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY; FEE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORPHANAGE; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; UGANDA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTHROPOMETRY; CAREGIVERS; CHILD CARE; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UGANDA;

AFRICA; CENTRAL PROVINCE [UGANDA]; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KAMPALA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; WORLD;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 15244351680     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01377.x     Document Type: Article

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