Modelling social reality: Limitations to measuring the impact of HIV/AIDS on rural households

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 955-957

  Wouters, E ^a,b   Vermeiren, P ^d   Katabaro, M ^c   Van Damme, W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DEATH; GOVERNMENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; RETROVIRUS; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH; TANZANIA; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954751102     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02569.x     Document Type: Letter

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