Do the socioeconomic impacts of antiretroviral therapy vary by gender? A longitudinal study of Kenyan agricultural worker employment outcomes

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Larson, Bruce A ^a   Fox, Mathew P ^a   Rosen, Sydney ^a   Bii, Margret ^b   Sigei, Carolyne ^b   Shaffer, Douglas ^c   Sawe, Fredrick ^b   McCoy, Kelly ^a   Wasunna, Monique ^b   Simon, Jonathan L ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; JOB PERFORMANCE; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEA; WORKPLACE; AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURE; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 68749103569     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-240     Document Type: Article

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