Tracing patients on antiretroviral treatment lost-to-follow-up in an urban slum in India.

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Published in J Adv Nurs on January 25, 2012

Authors

Lisa Errol1, Petros Isaakidis, Rony Zachariah, Mohammed Ali, Gurudas Pilankar, Sanjana Maurya, Claudia Geraets, Joanna Ladomirska, Sunil Patel, Tony Reid

Author Affiliations

1: Médecins Sans Frontières, Mumbai, India.

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