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ERIC Number: EJ419470
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0090-0036
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Modeling the Impact of Breast-Feeding by HIV-Infected Women on Child Survival.
Heymann, Sally Jody
American Journal of Public Health, v80 n11 p1305-09 Nov 1990
Models the survival outcomes of children in developing countries born to women infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who are breast-fed, bottle-fed, and wet-nursed. Uses decision analysis to assess the relative risk of child mortality from HIV transmission and non-HIV causes associated with different methods of feeding. (FMW)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Breastfeeding, Communicable Diseases, Decision Making, Developing Nations, Infant Mortality, Infants, Models, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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