The social legacy of AIDS: Fertility aspirations among HIV-Affected women in Uganda

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 278-285

  Snow, Rachel C ^a   Mutumba, Massy ^a   Resnicow, Kenneth ^a   Mugyenyi, Godfrey ^b  

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

^b MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872572773     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300892     Document Type: Article

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