Maternal HIV infection associated with small-for-gestational age infants but not preterm births: Evidence from rural South Africa

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1846-1856

  Ndirangu, James ^a   Newell, Marie Louise ^a,b   Bland, Ruth M ^a,c   Thorne, Claire ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; HIV; Low birthweight; Preterm; SGA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PARITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOUTH AFRICA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 84861537697     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des090     Document Type: Article

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