Poverty and Devastation of Intimate Relations: Tanzanian Women's Experience of Living With HIV/AIDS

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 6-16

  Balaile, Gunnel ^a   Laisser, Rose ^a   Ransjö Arvidson, Anna Berit ^a   Höjer, Bengt ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

health; HIV; qualitative method; sexuality; Tanzania; women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SERODIAGNOSIS; TANZANIA;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; POVERTY; TANZANIA; WOMEN;

EID: 34548692947     PISSN: 10553290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jana.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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