Infections and inequalities: Anemia in AIDS, the disadvantages of poverty

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 485-488

  Gonzalez, Lucia ^a   Seley, Celeste ^a   Martorano, Julieta ^a   Isabella, Garcia Moreno ^b   Troncoso, Alcides ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BELGRANO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anemia; Educational level; Employment status; HIV AIDS; Inequalities; Infections; Poverty; Prevalence; S.; Socioeconomic status; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; POVERTY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; UNEMPLOYMENT; ARGENTINA; COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARGENTINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84858210291     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(12)60081-1     Document Type: Article

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