Influences on visit retention in clinical trials: insights from qualitative research during the VOICE trial in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Published in BMC Womens Health on July 28, 2014

Authors

Busisiwe Magazi, Jonathan Stadler1, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe, Elizabeth Montgomery, Florence Mathebula, Miriam Hartmann, Ariane van der Straten

Author Affiliations

1: Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, PO Box 18512, Johannesburg, South Africa. Jstadler@wrhi.ac.za.

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