Quality of life of people living with HIV and AIDS attending the antiretroviral clinic, university college hospital, Nigeria

African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Folasire, Oluyemisi F ^a   Irabor, Achiaka E ^a   Folasire, Ayorinde M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

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EID: 84861913479     PISSN: 20712928     EISSN: 20712936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/phcfm.v4i1.294     Document Type: Article

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