Reproductive health options among HIV-infected persons in the low-income Niger delta of Nigeria

HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care

Volumn 4, Issue , 2012, Pages 29-35

  Erhabor, Osaro ^a   Akani, Chris I ^a   Eyindah, Cosmos E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Human immunodeficiency virus; Low income; Niger delta; Nigeria; Reproductive health

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; DYING; EDUCATION; FEAR; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NIGERIA; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION;

EID: 84857067027     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/hiv.s19413     Document Type: Article

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