Availability of nutritional support services in HIV care and treatment sites in sub-Saharan African countries

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 938-947

  Anema, Aranka ^a,b   Zhang, Wendy ^a   Wu, Yingfeng ^c   Elul, Batya ^c   Weiser, Sheri D ^d   Hogg, Robert S ^a,e   Montaner, Julio S G ^a,b   El Sadr, Wafaa ^c   Nash, Denis ^c  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; Antiretroviral therapy; HIV; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859593803     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136898001100125X     Document Type: Article

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