[The early communication development of a group of babies with pediatric HIV/AIDS in care centres].
The high prevalence and serious sequelae of the pediatric human immunodeficiency virus (HIV/AIDS) in South Africa pose great challenges for clinicians involved in early intervention to develop appropriate interdisciplinary programmes for primary prevention of transmission of the virus as well as sec...
| Publicado en: | Health SA Gesondheid Vol. 8; no. 2; pp. 34 - 48 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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African Online Scientific Information System PTY LTD
2003 Jun
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