The development of hiv/aids policy and its implications for latinas: Gender becomes destiny

Interamerican Journal of Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 93-111

  León, Miguelina Ileana ^a,b,c  

^a National Minority AIDS Council   (United States)

^b Government Relations of the National Minority AIDS   (Spain)

^c NMAC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aids policies; Marginalization; Stigma; Women and aids

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744822830     PISSN: 00349690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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