Incarceration, high-risk sexual partnerships and sexually transmitted infections in an urban population
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عنوان ژورنال: Sexually Transmitted Infections
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1368-4973,1472-3263
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050280