Nutrition
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 96-99 , January 2005

Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: An overview

  • Gabriel Anabwani, M.B., Ch.B.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
    • Botswana-Baylor Children's Clinical Centre of Excellence, Gaborone, Botswana
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author (G. Anabwani).
    • ,
  • Peter Navario

      Affiliations

    • Botswana-Baylor Children's Clinical Centre of Excellence, Gaborone, Botswana

Received 2 July 2004 ,Accepted 6 September 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2004.09.013

Nutrition
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