The intergenerational impact of the African orphans crisis: A cohort study from an HIV/AIDS affected area

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 561-568

  Beegle, Kathleen ^a   De Weerdt, Joachim ^b   Dercon, Stefan ^c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b Economic Development Initiatives   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Cohort studies; Human capital; Mortality; Orphans

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN CAPITAL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; ORPHAN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORPHANAGE; ORPHANED CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, ORPHANED; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

AFRICA;

EID: 64349092390     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn197     Document Type: Article

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