Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 28-36 , January 2008

African American Women's Experience of Infection With HIV in the Rural Southeastern United States

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PII: S1055-3290(07)00247-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jana.2007.09.003

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 28-36 , January 2008

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