Fertility desires and intentions of HIV-positive women of reproductive age in Ontario, Canada: A cross-sectional study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Loutfy, Mona R ^a,b   Hart, Trevor A ^c,d   Mohammed, Saira S ^a   Su, Desheng ^e   Ralph, Edward D ^f   Walmsley, Sharon L ^b,e   Soje, Lena C ^g   Muchenje, Marvelous ^h   Rachlis, Anita R ^b,i   Smaill, Fiona M ^j   Angel, Jonathan B ^k   Raboud, Janet M ^d,e   Silverman, Michael S ^l   Tharao, Wangari E ^h   Gough, Kevin ^b,m   Yudin, Mark H ^m  

^a WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^f ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^g Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention   (Canada)

^h Women's Health in Women's Hands Research   (Canada)

ⁱ SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^j MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^k OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^l LAKERIDGE HEALTH CORPORATION   (Canada)

^m ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INTENTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPRODUCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949516912     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007925     Document Type: Article

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