The impact of food assistance on weight gain and disease progression among HIV-infected individuals accessing AIDS care and treatment services in Uganda

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Rawat, Rahul ^a,b   Kadiyala, Suneetha ^a   McNamara, Paul E ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Concern Worldwide ^*  (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA; WEIGHT GAIN;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 77953062353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-316     Document Type: Article

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