Fishing for a living but catching HIV: AIDS and changing patterns of the organization of work in fisheries in Uganda

Anthropology of Work Review

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 66-76

  Seeley, Janet ^a   Tumwekwase, Grace ^b   Grosskurth, Heiner ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Casual labor; Fishing; Generational change; Hiv and AIDS; Uganda

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951738435     PISSN: 0883024X     EISSN: 15481417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1417.2009.01022.x     Document Type: Article

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