Why Do Homosexual Men Continue to Practise Unsafe Sex? A Critical Review of a Qualitative Research Paper

Overview

Journal Genitourin Med

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 1998 Apr 16

PMID 9534756

Authors

K A Fenton

R Power

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