Does avoidance of breast feeding reduce mother-to-infant transmission of hepatitis C virus infection?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 365-366

  Bhola, K ^a   McGuire, W ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOSTRUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MILK LEVEL; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BREAST FEEDING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 34047208937     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.112458     Document Type: Note

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