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Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1994, Pages 1337-1346

Risky business: The cultural construction of AIDS risk groups

Author keywords

AIDS; culture; intravenous drug users; risk group

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028221018     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(94)90272-0     Document Type: Article
Times cited : (97)

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