Disparities in mother-to-child transmission in Northeast Brazil: Regional failures within successful country programs

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 771-774

  Kerr, Ligia Regina Franco Sansigolo ^a   Do Socorro Cavalcante, Maria ^a   Kendall, Carl ^b   Machado, Marcia M ^a   Dourado, Maria Inês ^c   Galvao, Marli ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; disparities; HIV; pediatric AIDS; perinatal; PMTCT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956296899     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2010.532534     Document Type: Article

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