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Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
Volume 26, 2014 - Issue 10
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Lost-to-care and engaged-in-care HIV patients in Leningrad Oblast, Russian Federation: barriers and facilitators to medical visit retention

Anna PecoraroDepartment of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA;Delaware Valley Node, NIDA Clinical Trials Network, Philadelphia, PA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Matthew J. MimiagaDepartment of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA;Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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Conall O'CleirighDepartment of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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Steven A. SafrenDepartment of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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Elena BlokhinaPavlov State Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
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Elena VerbitskayaPavlov State Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
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Evgeny KrupitskyPavlov State Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
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Sergii DvoriakThe Ukrainian Institute on Public Health Policy, Kyiv, Ukraine
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George WoodyDepartment of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA;Delaware Valley Node, NIDA Clinical Trials Network, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Pages 1249-1257 | Received 26 Apr 2013, Accepted 09 Jan 2014, Published online: 25 Mar 2014

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