Stakeholders perception of HIV sero-discordant couples in Western Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 326-333

  Were, E ^a   Wools Kaloustian, K ^b   Baliddawa, J ^a   Ayuo, P O ^a   Sidle, J ^b   Fife, K ^b  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 56549129059     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v85i7.9650     Document Type: Article

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