Neighborhood Condition and Geographic Locale in Assessing HIV/STI Risk Among African American Adolescents
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عنوان ژورنال: AIDS and Behavior
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1090-7165,1573-3254
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0868-y