Infant feeding and HIV

British Medical Journal

Volumn 334, Issue 7592, 2007, Pages 487-488

  Rollins, Nigel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ZIDOVUDINE;

ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFANT FEEDING; INFANT NUTRITION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; META ANALYSIS; MONOTHERAPY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; NEWBORN;

BREAST FEEDING; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 33947524631     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39135.411563.80     Document Type: Editorial

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