Aids and bereavement in South Africa

Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 296-318

  Demmer, C ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; MORTALITY; SOCIAL WORK;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 6944219837     PISSN: 00378054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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