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Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
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Alcohol use and its association with HIV risk behaviors among a cohort of patients attending HIV clinical care in Tanzania, Kenya, and Namibia

Amy MedleyDivision of Global HIV/AIDS, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Puja SethDivision of Global HIV/AIDS, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
,
Sonal PathakICF International, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Andrea A. HowardInternational Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs (ICAP), Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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Nickolas DeLucaDivision of Global HIV/AIDS, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Eva MatikoU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Abubakari MwinyiInternational Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs (ICAP), Columbia University, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Frieda KatutaMinistry of Health and Social Services, Windhoek, Namibia
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Mushin SheriffInternational Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs(ICAP), Columbia University, Nairobi, Kenya
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Neema MakyaoMinistry of Health and Social Welfare, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Lucy WanjikuU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya
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Carol NgareNational AIDS/STD Control Programme (NASCOP), Nairobi, Kenya
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Pamela BachanasDivision of Global HIV/AIDS, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Pages 1288-1297 | Received 09 Sep 2013, Accepted 01 Apr 2014, Published online: 29 Apr 2014

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