ARV treatment and time allocation to household tasks: Evidence from Kenya

African Development Review

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 180-208

  D'Adda, Giovanna ^a   Goldstein, Markus ^b   Zivin, Joshua Graff ^c   Nangami, Mabel ^d   Thirumurthy, Harsha ^e  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^e IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 63049139512     PISSN: 10176772     EISSN: 14678268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8268.2009.00207.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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