Infant feeding practices at routine PMTCT sites, South Africa: Results of a prospective observational study amongst HIV exposed and unexposed infants - birth to 9 months

International Breastfeeding Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Goga, Ameena E ^a,b   Doherty, Tanya ^a,d   Jackson, Debra J ^d   Sanders, David ^d   Colvin, Mark ^c   Chopra, Mickey ^e   Kuhn, Louise ^f  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c Inthuthuko Building (2nd Floor HSRC)   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^e UNICEF   (United States)

^f Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Formula feeding; HIV and infant feeding; HIV free survival; PMTCT

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859174728     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4358-7-4     Document Type: Article

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