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Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
Volume 28, 2016 - Issue sup1: 2015 AIDS Impact Conference Supplement
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Involving lay community researchers in epidemiological research: experiences from a seroprevalence study among sub-Saharan African migrants

Christiana NöstlingerDepartment of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, BelgiumCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jasna LoosDepartment of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, BelgiumView further author information
Pages 119-123 | Received 30 Sep 2015, Accepted 20 Jan 2016, Published online: 17 Feb 2016

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