Biomedical and Social Dimensions of HIV Prevention
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منابع مشابه
Biomedical HIV prevention--and social science.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2012.300886