Ethical challenges posed by zidovudine treatment to reduce vertical transmission of HIV

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 331, Issue 18, 1994, Pages 1223-1225

  Bayer, Ronald ^a  

^a Columbia University School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZIDOVUDINE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEWBORN SCREENING; PERINATAL INFECTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; PREGNANCY; ZIDOVUDINE;

EID: 0028102682     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199411033311811     Document Type: Editorial

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