Disability and HIV/AIDS - A systematic review of literature on Africa

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Hanass Hancock, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AFRICA; ALBINISM; DISABILITY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL ASSAULT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 85032150891     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-2652-12-34     Document Type: Review

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