Infant feeding practices in western Tanzania and Uganda: Implications for infant feeding recommendations for HIV-infected mothers

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 477-485

  Poggensee, Gabriele ^a,c   Schulze, Katja ^b   Moneta, Ilaria ^b   Mbezi, Paulina ^a   Baryomunsi, Chris ^a   Harms, Gundel ^a,b  

^a Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Feeding practices; HIV; PMTCT; Tanzania; Uganda

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BREASTFEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFANT FEEDING; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANANA; BREAST FEEDING; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT FEEDING; INTERVIEW; MAIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILK; NUTRIENT; PRENATAL CARE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TANZANIA; UGANDA; URBAN AREA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BREAST FEEDING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; TANZANIA; UGANDA; WEANING;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; UGANDA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 2342458287     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01214.x     Document Type: Article

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