Reasons for unsatisfactory acceptance of antiretroviral treatment in the urban Kibera slum, Kenya

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 146-149

  Unge, C ^a   Johansson, A ^a   Zachariah, R ^b   Some, D ^c   Van Engelgem, I ^c   Ekstrom, A M ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONFLICT; FEAR; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KENYA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT REFUSAL; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 43249090138     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120701513677     Document Type: Article

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