Exclusive Breastfeeding in the Era of AIDS

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 313-320

  de Paoli, Marina ^a   Manongi, Rachel ^b   Helsing, Elisabet ^a   Klepp, Knut Inge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Exclusive breastfeeding; Infant feeding; Mother to child transmission; Prelacteal food; Sociodemographic differences; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0035523067     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089033440101700405     Document Type: Article

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