Psychological Adjustment among Women Living with Genital Herpes
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Recurrent genital herpes among women: symptomatic v. asymptomatic viral shedding.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Health Psychology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1359-1053,1461-7277
DOI: 10.1177/1359105310367527