Adult mortality and erosion of household viability in AIDS-afflicted towns, estates, and villages in eastern Zimbabwe

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 188-195

  Gregson, Simon ^a,b   Mushati, Phyllis ^b   Nyamukapa, Constance ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Adult mortality; AIDS deaths; Household impact; Socioeconomic impact; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; ZIMBABWE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HIV; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 33847106456     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000247230.68246.13     Document Type: Article

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