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Prevalence of post-traumatic stress symptoms and associated factors in tuberculosis (TB), TB retreatment and/or TB–HIV co-infected primary public health-care patients in three districts in South Africa

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Pages 387-397 | Received 31 Mar 2012, Accepted 29 Aug 2012, Published online: 15 Oct 2012

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