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Older people living with HIV in Uganda: understanding their experience and needs

Monica O Kuteesa University of Sydney, Sydney School of Public Health, Edward Ford Building (A27), Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia; Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute, PO Box 49, Entebbe, UgandaCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Janet Seeley Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute, PO Box 49, Entebbe, Uganda; School of International Development, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, United Kingdom
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Robert G Cumming University of Sydney, Sydney School of Public Health, Edward Ford Building (A27), Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia; ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), University of Sydney, Faculty of Health Sciences, Level 3/Building M, Cumberland Campus C42, East St Lidcombe, Sydney, NSW, 2141, Australia
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Joel Negin University of Sydney, Sydney School of Public Health, Edward Ford Building (A27), Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
Pages 295-305 | Published online: 12 Dec 2012

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