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Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
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Public sector antiretroviral treatment programme in South Africa: health care workers' attention to mental health problems

Michele PappinCentre for Development Support, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Edwin WoutersResearch Centre for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies (CELLO), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium;Centre for Health Systems Research, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South AfricaView further author information
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Frederik L.R. BooysenDepartment of Economics, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South AfricaView further author information
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Crick LundDepartment of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South AfricaView further author information
Pages 458-465 | Received 22 Nov 2013, Accepted 18 Sep 2014, Published online: 15 Oct 2014

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