Future of HIV/AIDS care in low- and middle- income countries

Public Health Aspects of HIV/AIDS in Low and Middle Income Countries: Epidemiology, Prevention and Care

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 41-69

  Hoffmann, Christopher J ^a   Mills, Lisa A ^a   Gallant, Joel E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-72711-0_3     Document Type: Chapter

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