HIV/AIDS and the health of older people in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya: Results from a cross sectional survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kyobutungi, Catherine ^a   Ezeh, Alex C ^a   Zulu, Eliya ^a   Falkingham, Jane ^b  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; AGE; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS;

EID: 67650676860     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-153     Document Type: Article

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