The dilemma of postnatal mother-to-child transmission of HIV: To breastfeed or not?

Birth

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 199-205

  Weinberg, Geoffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MASTITIS; NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASTITIS; RISK FACTORS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 0034280816     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-536x.2000.00199.x     Document Type: Article

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