Is breast not best? Feeding babies born to HIV-positive mothers: Bringing balance to a complex issue

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 119-127

  Humphrey, Jean ^a,b   Iliff, Peter ^b,c  

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

^b ZVITAMBO Project   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BREAST FEEDING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT NUTRITION; INFECTION RISK; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEROCONVERSION; SURVIVAL RATE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0035022321     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2001.tb06999.x     Document Type: Review

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