"It's my secret": fear of disclosure among sub-Saharan African migrant women living with HIV/AIDS in Belgium.

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Published in PLoS One on March 17, 2015

Authors

Agnes Ebotabe Arrey1, Johan Bilsen1, Patrick Lacor2, Reginald Deschepper1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
2: Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases-AIDS Reference Center, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.

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