Using vital registration data to update mortality among patients lost to follow-up from ART programmes: evidence from the Themba Lethu Clinic, South Africa.

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Published in Trop Med Int Health on February 17, 2010

Authors

Matthew P Fox1, Alana Brennan, Mhairi Maskew, Patrick MacPhail, Ian Sanne

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1: Center for Global Health and Development, Boston University, MA, USA.

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