HIV/AIDS in children: a disaster in the making

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9635, 2008, Pages 271-273

  Coovadia, HM ^a   Schaller, Jane G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; MORTALITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTNATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SEXUAL ABUSE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 47649100909     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61090-9     Document Type: Note

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