Economic outcomes of patients receiving antiretroviral therapy for HIV/AIDS in South Africa are sustained through three years on treatment.

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Published in PLoS One on September 14, 2010

Authors

Sydney Rosen1, Bruce Larson, Alana Brennan, Lawrence Long, Matthew Fox, Constance Mongwenyana, Mpefe Ketlhapile, Ian Sanne

Author Affiliations

1: Boston University Center for Global Health and Development, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. sbrosen@bu.edu

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