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Editorial
. 2025 Jul;115(7):982-984.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2025.308141.

Masking the Health Impacts of Anti-LGBTQ+ Policies by Political Suppression of Data and Informational Erasure

Joseph R Cimpian  1 , Mollie T McQuillan  1
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Editorial

Masking the Health Impacts of Anti-LGBTQ+ Policies by Political Suppression of Data and Informational Erasure

Joseph R Cimpian et al. Am J Public Health. 2025 Jul.
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