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Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Assessing and evaluating the combined impact of behavioural and biological risk factors for HIV seroconversion in a cohort of South African women

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Pages 1155-1162 | Received 15 Nov 2011, Accepted 18 Apr 2012, Published online: 18 Jun 2012

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