Couples' voluntary counseling and testing

HIV Prevention

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 240-266

  Hageman, Kathy ^a   Tichacek, Amanda ^a   Allen, Susan ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374235-3.00009-1     Document Type: Chapter

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