Nutritional status of HIV-infected adults on antiretroviral therapy and the impact of nutritional supplementation in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa
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2010;23(4) S Afr J Clin Nutr a Lategan R, MSc Dietetics a Steenkamp L, PhD Dietetics b Joubert G, BA, MSc c Le Roux M, BSc (Diet), Hons (Diet) a Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa b Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa c Department of Health, Northern Cape Province, Kimberley, South Africa Correspondence to: Ronette Lategan, e-mail: [email protected]
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