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Comment
. 2007 Jan;4(1):e51; author reply e44.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040051.

HIV, stigma, and rates of infection: more complicated than Reidpath and Chan suggest

Sam Singer
Comment

HIV, stigma, and rates of infection: more complicated than Reidpath and Chan suggest

Sam Singer. PLoS Med. 2007 Jan.
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