Shamba Maisha: A pilot study assessing impacts of a micro-irrigation intervention on the health and economic wellbeing of HIV patients

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Pandit, Jay A ^a   Sirotin, Nicole ^b,c   Tittle, Robin ^a   Onjolo, Elijah ^d   Bukusi, Elizabeth A ^d   Cohen, Craig R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PILOT STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGRICULTURE; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCOME; PILOT PROJECTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77952900333     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-245     Document Type: Article

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