Child mortality levels and trends by HIV status in Blantyre, Malawi: 1989-2009

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 226-234

  Taha, Taha E ^a   Dadabhai, Sufia S ^a   Sun, Jin ^a   Rahman, M Hafizur ^a   Kumwenda, Johnstone ^b   Kumwenda, Newton ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

birth weight; child mortality; cohort effect; HIV; Malawi; sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL; TREND STUDY;

CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAWI; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84866993340     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182618eea     Document Type: Article

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