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Does your College Campus GYT? Evaluating the Effect of a Social Marketing Campaign Designed to Raise STI Awareness and Encourage Testing. 你的大学校园有GYT吗？评估旨在提高性传播感染意识和鼓励检测的社会营销活动的效果。

Cases in public health communication and marketing Pub Date : 2015-01-01

Melissa A Habel, Laura Haderxhanaj, Matthew Hogben, Heather Eastman-Mueller, Harrell Chesson, Craig M Roberts

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