Widow inheritance and HIV/AIDS in rural Uganda

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 229-231

  Mabumba, E D ^a   Mugyenyi, P ^b   Batwala, V ^c   Mulogo, E M ^c   Mirembe, J ^c   Khan, F A ^d   Liljestrand, J ^d  

^a Kashari Health Sub District   (Uganda)

^b JOINT CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Uganda)

^c MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UGANDA; WIDOW; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COUNSELING; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UGANDA; WIDOWHOOD; WILLS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 38449101640     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/004947507782332955     Document Type: Article

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