Health, sexual health, and syndemics: Toward a better approach to STI and HIV preventive interventions for men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States

The New Public Health and STD/HIV Prevention: Personal, Public and Health Systems Approaches

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 251-272

  Guadamuz, Thomas E ^a   Friedman, Mark S ^a   Marshal, Michael P ^b   Herrick, Amy L ^a   Lim, Sin How ^c   Wei, Chongyi ^a   Stall, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

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EID: 84912013810     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4526-5_13     Document Type: Chapter

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