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HIV-positive individuals with inadequate outpatient care overwhelmingly minorities and poor
10-25-2006 · EurekAlert!In a first-of-its-kind study, UCLA researchers have shown that segments of the HIV-infected population who have little to no consistent outpatient medical care -- and yet are most in need of such services -- are overwhelmingly minorities, the poor and substance abusers.
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