The 2001-03 famine and the dynamics of HIV in Malawi: A natural experiment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Loevinsohn, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUNGER; INFECTION RISK; MALAWI; MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; AGRICULTURE; CATERING SERVICE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPLICATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STARVATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HUNGER; MALAWI; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STARVATION; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947475234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135108     Document Type: Article

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