A model for understanding the relationship between stigma and healthcare-seeking behaviour among people living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  African journal of AIDS research : AJAR

• Publication date

  2009-06-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Sociology

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  DOI 10.2989/AJAR.2009.8.2.8.860PMID 25875571
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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