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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

The demographic impact of HIV and AIDS across the family and household life-cycle: implications for efforts to strengthen families in sub-Saharan Africa

Pages 13-21 | Received 19 Dec 2008, Published online: 30 Sep 2009

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