The Socio-Economic Determinants of HIV/AIDS Infection Rates in Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland and Zimbabwe

Development Policy Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 305-326

  Asiedu, Christobel ^a   Asiedu, Elizabeth ^b   Owusu, Francis ^c  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; HIV; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

LESOTHO; MALAWI; SWAZILAND; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84859389973     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2012.00578.x     Document Type: Article

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