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Longitudinal evaluation of the psychosocial well-being of recent orphans compared with non-orphans in a school-attending cohort in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Mary Bachman DeSilva Center for Global Health and Development (CGHD), Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Anne Skalicky Center for Global Health and Development (CGHD), Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, USA
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Jennifer Beard Center for Global Health and Development (CGHD), Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, USA
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Mandisa Cakwe Health Economics and AIDS Research Division (HEARD), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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Tom Zhuwau Center for Global Health and Development (CGHD), Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, USA
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Jonathon Simon Center for Global Health and Development (CGHD), Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, USA
Pages 162-182 | Received 05 Dec 2011, Accepted 21 Sep 2012, Published online: 05 Dec 2012

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