Safer conception interventions for HIV-affected couples: Implications for resource-constrained settings

Topics in Antiviral Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 148-155

  Chadwick, Rachelle J ^a   Mantell, Joanne E ^b   Moodley, Jennifer ^a   Harries, Jane ^b   Zweigenthal, Virginia ^a   Cooper, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY SIZE; FERTILIZATION; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; REVIEW; SEXUALITY;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FERTILIZATION; HARM REDUCTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 84859238123     PISSN: 21615861     EISSN: 21615853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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