The rise and fall of AIDS exceptionalism

Virtual Mentor

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 988-992

  Oppenheimer, Gerald M ^a   Bayer, Ronald ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

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EID: 85018842125     PISSN: 19377010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.12.mhst1-0912     Document Type: Review

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