Barriers to and facilitators of adherence to pediatric antiretroviral therapy in a sub-Saharan setting: insights from a qualitative study.

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Published in AIDS Patient Care STDS on August 08, 2011

Authors

Bradley C Fetzer1, Bavon Mupenda, Jean Lusiama, Faustin Kitetele, Carol Golin, Frieda Behets

Author Affiliations

1: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. bfetzer81@gmail.com

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