HIV and H2O: Tracing the connections between gender, water and HIV

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1675-1682

  West, Brooke S ^a   Hirsch, Jennifer S ^a   El Sadr, Wafaa ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; Gender; HIV; Sub Saharan Africa; Water and sanitation

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; REVIEW; SANITATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SANITATION; SEX FACTORS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84878585063     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0219-9     Document Type: Review

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