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Explaining poor health-seeking among HIV-infected released prisoners. 解释感染艾滋病毒的刑满释放人员在寻求健康方面表现不佳的原因。

IF 1.1 4区地球科学

Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions Pub Date : 2015-12-21 DOI: 10.1108/IJPH-11-2014-0047

Ambika Bhushan, Shan-Estelle Brown, Ruthanne Marcus, Frederick L Altice

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