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Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
Volume 27, 2015 - Issue 10
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Need for improvements in clinical practice to retain patients in pre-antiretroviral therapy care: Data from rural clinics in North West Province, South Africa

Jennifer M. GilvydisInternational Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH), Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Wayne T. StewardDepartment of Medicine, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USAView further author information
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Parya SaberiDepartment of Medicine, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USAView further author information
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John TumboDepartment of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, University of Limpopo–Medical University of Southern Africa Campus, Medunsa, South AfricaView further author information
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Jeri SumitaniInternational Training and Education Center for Health, University of Washington, Pretoria, South AfricaView further author information
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Scott BarnhartDepartment of Medicine, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USAView further author information
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Sheri A. LippmanDepartment of Medicine, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USAView further author information
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Pages 1275-1278 | Received 14 Oct 2014, Accepted 08 May 2015, Published online: 17 Aug 2015

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