Is breastfeeding best for HIV-positive mothers? [11]

AIDS

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 363-

  Ross, Jay S ^a   Piwoz, Ellen G ^a   Habicht, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MALAYSIA; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 1342268257     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200401230-00044     Document Type: Letter

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