Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 53-66 , January 2011

Validation of the World Health Organization Quality of Life HIV Instrument in a Zambian Sample

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doi: 10.1016/j.jana.2010.04.006

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 53-66 , January 2011

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