Social Context, Sexual Networks, and Racial Disparities in Rates of Sexually Transmitted Infections
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Social context, sexual networks, and racial disparities in rates of sexually transmitted infections.
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0022-1899,1537-6613
DOI: 10.1086/425280