Mother-to-child HIV transmission prevention in Thailand: Physician zidovudine use and willingness to provide care

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 404-410

  Bhatta, M P ^a   Stringer, J S A ^a   Phanuphak, P ^c,d   Vermund, Sten H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d THAI RED CROSS AIDS RESEARCH CENTRE   (Thailand)

Author keywords

HIV; Perinatal transmission; Thailand; Zidovudine

Indexed keywords

ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; OBSTETRIC CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERINATAL CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTAL MAIL; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; THAILAND; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; THAILAND; ZIDOVUDINE;

EID: 0038049759     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646203765371303     Document Type: Article

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