Same-Sex Domestic Partnerships and Lower-Risk Behaviors for STDs, Including HIV Infection
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Same-sex domestic partnerships and lower-risk behaviors for STDs, including HIV infection.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Homosexuality
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0091-8369,1540-3602
DOI: 10.1300/j082v51n04_07