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Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
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Quality of life among Ghanaian adolescents living with perinatally acquired HIV: a mixed methods study

Anthony EnimilDirectorate of Child Health, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana;Department of Child Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, GhanaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Nicole NugentDepartment of Psychiatry, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA;Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, USAView further author information
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Christian AmoahPsychiatry Department, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana;Department of Behavioural Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, GhanaView further author information
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Betty NormanDirectorate of Medicine, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana;Department of Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, GhanaView further author information
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Sampson AntwiDirectorate of Child Health, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana;Department of Child Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, GhanaView further author information
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Joseph OcranDepartment of Sociology, University of Ghana, Accra, GhanaView further author information
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Awewura KwaraDepartment of Medicine, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI, USA;Department of Medicine, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, USAView further author information
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David H. BarkerDepartment of Psychiatry, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA;Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, USAView further author information
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Pages 460-464 | Received 27 Jul 2015, Accepted 27 Oct 2015, Published online: 07 Dec 2015

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