HIV and infant feeding in Malawi: Public health simplicity in complex social and cultural contexts

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Chinkonde, Jacqueline R ^a   Hem, Marit Helene ^a   Sundby, Johanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALAWI; MOTHER; PUBLIC HEALTH; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WEANING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BREAST FEEDING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALAWI; MOTHERS; PUBLIC HEALTH; WEANING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865315241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-700     Document Type: Article

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