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Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
Volume 27, 2015 - Issue 8
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Pregnant women's experiences of male partner involvement in the context of prevention of mother-to-child transmission in Khayelitsha, South Africa

Kirsty BrittainSchool of Public Health & Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Janet GiddyWestern Cape Department of Health, Khayelitsha SubStructure, Cape Town, South Africa
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Landon MyerDivision of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health & Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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Diane CooperWomen's Health Research Unit, School of Public Health & Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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Jane HarriesWomen's Health Research Unit, School of Public Health & Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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Kathryn StinsonSchool of Public Health & Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa;Médecins Sans Frontières, Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa
Pages 1020-1024 | Received 19 Sep 2014, Accepted 10 Feb 2015, Published online: 04 Mar 2015

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