Stigmatization complicates infectious disease management

Virtual Mentor

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 225-230

  Perry, Phil ^a   Donini Lenhoff, Fred ^a  

^a AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

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EID: 80055075048     PISSN: 19377010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.3.mhst1-1003     Document Type: Review

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