Use of interventions for reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 174, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 449-452

  McDonald, Ann M ^a   Li, Yueming ^a   Cruickshank, Marilyn A ^b   Elliott, Elizabeth J ^c   Kaldor, John M ^a   Ziegler, John B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0035821194     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143371.x     Document Type: Article

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