Severe events in the first 6 months of life in a cohort of HIV-unexposed infants from South Africa: effects of low birthweight and breastfeeding status.

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Published in Trop Med Int Health on July 23, 2014

Authors

Tanya Doherty1, Debra Jackson, Sonja Swanevelder, Carl Lombard, Ingunn M S Engebretsen, Thorkild Tylleskär, Ameena Goga, Eva-Charlotte Ekström, David Sanders, PROMISE EBF study group

Author Affiliations

1: Health Systems Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa; School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa.

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