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Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
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The importance of motherhood in HIV-positive women of reproductive age in Ontario, Canada

V. Logan KennedyWomen's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Lena SerghidesSandra Rotman Centre for Global Health, Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
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Janet M. RaboudDalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada;University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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DeSheng SuUniversity Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Sandra BlitzUniversity Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Trevor A. HartDalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada;Department of Psychology, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Sharon L. WalmsleyUniversity Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Jonathan B. AngelOttawa Health Research Institute and The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Fiona M. SmaillMcMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Edward D. RalphInfectious Diseases Care Program, St. Joseph's Health Care, London, Ontario, Canada
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Wangari E. TharaoWomen's Health in Women's Hands, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Mona R. LoutfyWomen's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
& for the Ontario HIV Fertility Research Team show all
Pages 777-784 | Received 15 Feb 2013, Accepted 08 Oct 2013, Published online: 09 Nov 2013

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