Changes in pediatric HIV-related hospital admissions and mortality in Soweto, South Africa, 1996-2011: light at the end of the tunnel?

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Published in J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr on August 15, 2012

Authors

Tammy Meyers1, Angela Dramowski, Helen Schneider, Nicolene Gardiner, Louise Kuhn, David Moore

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Paediatrics, Harriet Shezi Clinic, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. tammy@meyers.net

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