Factors associated with PMTCT cascade completion in four african countries

AIDS Research and Treatment

Volumn 2016, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Dionne Odom, Jodie ^a   Welty, Thomas K ^b   Westfall, Andrew O ^a   Chi, Benjamin H ^c   Ekouevi, Didier Koumavi ^d,e   Kasaro, Margaret ^c   Tih, Pius M ^b   Tita, Alan T N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services (CBCHS)   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^e PAC CI Program   (Côte d’Ivoire)

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EID: 84997402865     PISSN: 20901240     EISSN: 20901259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2016/2403936     Document Type: Article

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