Psychological distress and adherence to highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) in Uganda: a pilot study.

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Published in Afr Health Sci on August 01, 2009

Authors

Etheldreda Nakimuli-Mpungu1, Brian Mutamba, Makanga Othengo, Seggane Musisi

Author Affiliations

1: Makerere Univerity College of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, P. O. Box 7072 Kampala, Uganda. enakimul@jhsph.edu

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