Universal access to antiretroviral therapy may be the best approach to 'Do no harm' in developing countries: the Brazilian experience.
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HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, NY State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; Department of Health Information, Center for Information in Science and Technology, the Oswald Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Brazilian Interdisciplinary Association for AIDS (ABIA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- AIDS
دوره 17 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2003