AIDS in the family and community: The impact on child health in Malawi

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 966-974

  Kidman, Rachel ^a,b   Hanley, James A ^a   Subramanian, S V ^c   Foster, Geoff ^d   Heymann, Jody ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Family AIDS Caring Trusts   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SPREAD; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY LIVING; DEATH; DIARRHEA; EPILEPSY; EXPOSURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; MORBIDITY; ORPHANED CHILD; PARENT; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH PAIN;

MALAWI;

EID: 77955095277     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.05.027     Document Type: Article

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