Maternal deaths and HIV treatment in sub-Saharan Africa

The Lancet

Volumn 381, Issue 9879, 2013, Pages 1699-1700

  Myer, Landon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME NURSING; AFRICA; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM;

EID: 84877890656     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61000-4     Document Type: Note

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