Follow up of patients who have been recently sexually assaulted
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Offering HIV prophylaxis to people who have been sexually assaulted: 16 months' experience in a sexual assault service.
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عنوان ژورنال: Sexually Transmitted Infections
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1368-4973
DOI: 10.1136/sti.79.4.349-a