The Sociocultural Construction of AIDS among African American Women

African American Women and HIV/AIDS: Critical Responses

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 5-27

  Gilbert, Dorie J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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