Maternal HIV status and pregnancy outcomes in northeastern Tanzania: A registry-based study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 616-624

  Habib, N A ^a,b   Daltveit, A K ^b   Bergsjo P ^c   Shao, J ^d   Oneko, O ^d   Lie, R T ^b  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; Birth registry; HIV; Pregnancy outcomes; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TANZANIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; TANZANIA;

EID: 40549139520     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01672.x     Document Type: Article

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