Antiretroviral therapy, labor productivity, and sex: A longitudinal cohort study of tea pluckers in Kenya

AIDS

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 115-123

  Larson, Bruce A ^a,b   Fox, Matthew P ^a,b   Bii, Margaret ^c   Rosen, Sydney ^a,b   Rohr, Julia ^a,b   Shaffer, Douglas ^d   Sawe, Fredrick ^c   Wasunna, Monique ^c   Simon, Jonathon L ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; antiretroviral therapy; HIV; income; Kenya; labor productivity

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEA PLUCKER; WORKER;

ABSENTEEISM; ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; EFFICIENCY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INCOME; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICY MAKING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TEA; WORK; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84871617330     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32835a5b12     Document Type: Article

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