Early motherhood, high mortality, and HIV/AIDS rates in Sub-Saharan Africa

Social Work in Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 39-46

  Gant, Larry ^a   Heath, Kathleen M ^b   Ejikeme, Gray Goziem ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Africa; HIV AIDS; Life history

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTATION; BIRTH RATE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH POLICY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LIFE HISTORY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 61649086152     PISSN: 19371918     EISSN: 1937190X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19371910802569435     Document Type: Article

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