AIDS and evidence: Interogating some Ugandan myths

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-28

  Allen, Tim ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RATE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; UGANDA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOLOGY; WAR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; UGANDA; WAR;

EID: 33644851487     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932005001008     Document Type: Article

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