Intersections of context and HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: What can we learn from feminist theory?

Perspectives in Public Health

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-9

  Corbin, J ^a   Bonde, Laura Tomm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMINISM; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; POVERTY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84856020877     PISSN: 17579139     EISSN: 17579147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757913911430909     Document Type: Article

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