Social construction of male homosexualities in Vietnam. Some keys to understanding discrimination and implications for HIV prevention strategy

International Social Science Journal

Volumn , Issue 186, 2005, Pages 661-673

  Blanc, Marie Eve ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

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HEALTH AND DISEASE;

EID: 33644906146     PISSN: 00208701     EISSN: 14682451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2451.2005.583.x     Document Type: Article

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