Psychosocial and economic determinants of infant feeding intent by pregnant HIV-infected women in Tshwane/Pretoria

SAJCH South African Journal of Child Health

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 114-118

  Matji, Joan N ^a   Wittenberg, Dankwart F ^a   Makin, Jennifer D ^a   Jeffrey, Bridget ^a   MacIntyre, Ena E ^b   Forsyth, Brian W C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT FEEDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77953463924     PISSN: 19943032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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