Social psychological dynamics of enhanced HIV risk reduction among peer interventionists

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 369-389

  Dickson Gomez, Julia ^a   Weeks, Margaret R ^b   Convey, Mark ^b   Li, Jianghong ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 79953313216     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: 15206629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.20440     Document Type: Article

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