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Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
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Measuring depression levels in HIV-infected patients as part of routine clinical care using the nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)

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Pages 874-885 | Received 06 Aug 2009, Published online: 15 Jul 2010

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