Maternal knowledge on mother-to-child transmission of HIV and breastmilk alternatives for HIV positive mothers in Homa bay district hospital, Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 610-618

  Omwega, A M ^a   Oguta, T J ^b   Sehmi, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; KENYA; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR;

BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MOTHERS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 34248676582     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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