Estimated number of children left motherless by AIDS in the United States, 1978-1998

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 231-236

  Lee, Lisa M ^a   Fleming, Patricia L ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Children; Demographic estimation; HIV AIDS; Orphans; Women

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION RATE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MOTHER; ORPHANAGE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141958199     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126334-200310010-00014     Document Type: Article

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