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Improving health and living conditions for elderly populations

Health, wellbeing, and disability among older people infected or affected by HIV in Uganda and South Africa

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Article: 19201 | Received 24 Jul 2012, Accepted 27 Dec 2012, Published online: 23 Jan 2013

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