Use of traditional medicine among pregnant women in Lusaka, Zambia

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 123-127

  Banda, Yolan ^a,b   Chapman, Victoria ^c   Goldenberg, Robert L ^c   Stringer, Jeffrey S A ^b,c   Culhane, Jennifer F ^d   Sinkala, Moses ^b,e   Vermund, Sten H ^b,f   Chi, Benjamin H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b CENTRE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH IN ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Zambia)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEVIRAPINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL CARE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; ZAMBIA;

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ZAMBIA;

EID: 33847270100     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2006.6225     Document Type: Article

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