Alcohol consumption among HIV-positive pregnant women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Prevalence and correlates

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 120, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 113-118

  Desmond, Katherine ^a   Milburn, Norweeta ^a   Richter, Linda ^b   Tomlinson, Mark ^c   Greco, Erin ^a   van Heerden, Alastair ^b   van Rooyen, Heidi ^b   Comulada, W Scott ^a   Rotheram Borus, Mary Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alcohol; HIV; Pregnancy; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIED WOMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84155164740     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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