Breastfeeding in HIV exposed infants significantly improves child health: A prospective study

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 632-640

  Kindra, Gurpreet ^a   Coutsoudis, Anna ^a   Esposito, Francesca ^a   Esterhuizen, Tonya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body composition; Breast feeding; HIV exposed infants; HIV infection; HIV positive mothers

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COUNSELING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; TIME; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84860856134     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-011-0795-8     Document Type: Review

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