Application of Novel Psychoactive Substances: Chemsex and HIV/AIDS Policies Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Hong Kong

Overview

Journal Front Psychiatry

Specialty Psychiatry

Date 2021 Aug 2

PMID 34335329

Citations 7

Authors

Alex Siu Wing Chan

Patrick Ming Kuen Tang

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