Access to social capital and risk of HIV infection in Bukoba urban district, Kagera region, Tanzania

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Frumence, Gasto ^a   Emmelin, Maria ^b   Eriksson, Malin ^c   Kwesigabo, Gideon ^a   Killewo, Japhet ^a   Moyo, Sabrina ^a   Nystrom, Lennarth ^c  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognitive social capital; HIV prevalence; Structural; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938763486     PISSN: 07787367     EISSN: 20493258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-3258-72-38     Document Type: Article

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