Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 162-172 , March 2010

An Examination of the Psychometric Properties of the Antiretroviral General Adherence Scale (AGAS) in Two Samples of HIV-Infected Individuals

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doi: 10.1016/j.jana.2009.08.002

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 162-172 , March 2010