Recreational drug use and chemsex among HIV-infected in-patients: a unique screening opportunity
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Recreational drug use and T lymphocyte subpopulations in HIV-uninfected and HIV-infected men.
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عنوان ژورنال: HIV Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1464-2662
DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12487