Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 26-36 , January 2006

Initial Testing of the Antiretroviral Medication Complexity Index

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PII: S1055-3290(05)00309-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jana.2005.11.003

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 26-36 , January 2006