Nutritional and immunological status and their associations among HIV-infected adults in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-232

  Fufa, Habtamu ^a   Umeta, Melaku ^b   Taffesse, Samson ^a   Mokhtar, Najat ^c   Aguenaou, Hassan ^c  

^a ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c IBN TOFAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Cd4+ counts; Hemoglobin; HIV; Nutritional status; Vitamin A; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNITY; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SERUM; VITAMIN; ZINC;

ADDIS ABABA; AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 70450220344     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482650903000303     Document Type: Article

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