Predictors of Patient Attrition According to Different Definitions for Loss to Follow-up
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Loss to follow-up
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1525-4135
DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e31828d2802