Life expectancy of persons receiving combination antiretroviral therapy in low-income countries: a cohort analysis from Uganda.

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Published in Ann Intern Med on July 18, 2011

Authors

Edward J Mills1, Celestin Bakanda, Josephine Birungi, Keith Chan, Nathan Ford, Curtis L Cooper, Jean B Nachega, Mark Dybul, Robert S Hogg

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1: University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. emills@cfenet.ubc.ca

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