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Relationship of ethnicity, age, education, and reading level to speed and executive function among HIV+ and HIV– women: The Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) Neurocognitive Substudy

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Pages 853-863 | Received 10 Sep 2009, Accepted 03 Dec 2010, Published online: 23 Aug 2011

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