Maternal vitamin A deficiency and mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1

The Lancet

Volumn 343, Issue 8913, 1994, Pages 1593-1597

  Semba, R D ^a   Chiphangwi, J D ^b   Miotti, P G ^c   Dallabetta, G A ^c   Hoover, D R ^c   Canner, J K ^c   Saah, Aj ^c  

^a Division of Human Nutrition   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIV TRANSMISSION; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

MALAWI;

RETINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0028225589     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(94)93056-2     Document Type: Article

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