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Living with HIV in West Bengal, India: perceptions of infected children and their caregivers

Aritra DasDepartment of Epidemiology, Fielding UCLA School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USView further author information
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Roger DetelsDepartment of Epidemiology, Fielding UCLA School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USView further author information
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Marjan JavanbakhtDepartment of Epidemiology, Fielding UCLA School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USView further author information
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Samiran PandaNational Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED/ICMR), Kolkata, West Bengal, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 800-806 | Received 10 Nov 2015, Accepted 01 Aug 2016, Published online: 09 Sep 2016

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