Infant feeding practices before implementing alternatives to prolonged breastfeeding to reduce HIV transmission through breastmilk in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 351-355

  Becquet, Renaud ^a   Castetbon, Katia ^b   Viho, Ida ^c   Ekouevi, Didier K ^c   Bécquet, Laurence ^c   Ehouo, Brigitte ^c   Dabis, François ^a   Leroy, Valériane ^a   Timite Konan, Marguerite ^d   Welffens Ekra, Christiane ^d   Allou, Gérard ^d   Dequae Merchadou, Laurence ^d   Sakarovitch, Charlotte ^d   Touchard, Dominique ^d   Tonwe Gold, Besigin ^d   Amani Bosse, Clarisse ^d   Ayekoe, Ignace ^d   Bédikou, Gédéon ^d   Coulibaly, Nacoumba ^d   Danel, Christine ^d   Fassinou, Patricia ^d   Horo, Apollinaire ^d   Likikouet, Ruffin ^d   Toure, Hassan ^d   Inwoley, André ^d   Rouet, François ^d   Touré, Ramata ^d   Aka Dago, Hortense ^d   Brou, Hermann ^d   Desgrées du Loû, Annabel ^d   Sihé, Alphonse ^d   Zanou, Benjamin ^d   Blanche, Stéphane ^d   Delfraissy, Jean François ^d   Lepage, Philippe ^d   Mandelbrot, Laurent ^d   Rouzioux, Christine ^d   Salamon, Roger ^d   more..

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Bioinformatique et Chimie Moléculaire   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE TREICHVILLE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT FEEDING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; URBAN AREA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; COTE D'IVOIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 24144460315     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmi050     Document Type: Article

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