To tell or not to tell: South African women's disclosure of HIV status during pregnancy.

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Published in AIDS Care on October 01, 2008

Authors

Maretha J Visser1, Sharon Neufeld, Annelize de Villiers, Jennifer D Makin, Brian W C Forsyth

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa. maretha.visser@up.ac.z

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