HIV impact on mother and child mortality in rural Tanzania

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 393-404

  Ng'weshemi, Japheth ^a   Urassa, Mark ^b   Isingo, Raphael ^b   Mwaluko, Gabriel ^a   Ngalula, Juliana ^a   Boerma, Ties ^c   Marston, Milly ^d   Zaba, Basia ^d  

^a TANESA Project   (Tanzania)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child mortality; HIV; Longitudinal studies; Mother's survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILDBIRTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFORMATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OBSERVATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TANZANIA; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 0037825913     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126334-200307010-00015     Document Type: Article

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