Meeting the challenges of disability and HIV in East Africa

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Luyirika, Emmanuel ^a,b   Kikule, Ekiria ^a,b   Kamba, Moses ^a,b   Buyondo, Florence ^a,b   Batamwita, Richard ^a,b   Featherstone, Amber ^a,b   Mills, Edward J ^a,b  

^a MILDMAY UGANDA   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; HEMIPLEGIA; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PARAPLEGIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; RISK FACTOR; UGANDA;

ADULT; CHILD; DISABLED PERSONS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; UGANDA;

EID: 79959749013     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31821ac9a9     Document Type: Letter

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