Infant feeding practices among HIV-positive women in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, indicate a need for more intensive infant feeding counselling

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2027-2033

  Young, Sera L ^a,b   Israel Ballard, Kiersten A ^c   Dantzer, Emily A ^d   Ngonyani, Monica M ^a   Nyambo, Margaret T ^d   Ash, Deborah M ^d   Chantry, Caroline J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c PATH   (United States)

^d University Research Co   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Africa; Exclusive breast feeding; HIV AIDS; Infant nutrition; PMTCT

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BABY FOOD; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; MOTHER; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TANZANIA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; MOTHERS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79451474712     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010001539     Document Type: Article

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