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Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
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Care burden and self-reported health status of informal women caregivers of HIV/AIDS patients in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Walter Kipp Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Thomas Matukala Nkosi Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Canada
,
Lory Laing Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Canada
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Gian S Jhangri Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Canada
Pages 694-697 | Published online: 18 Jan 2007

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