Factors related to attrition in a cohort study of HIV in Malawi

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 399-408

  Obasanjo, O O ^a   Kumwenda, N ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALAWI; NEWBORN; PATIENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALAWI; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952373661     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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