Implementing a community intervention to reduce young people's risks for getting HIV: Unraveling the complexities

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-165

  Visser, Maretha J ^a   Schoeman, Johan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

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EID: 1442335235     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.10086     Document Type: Article

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