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Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
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High prevalence of childhood emotional, physical and sexual trauma among a Canadian cohort of HIV-seropositive illicit drug users

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Pages 714-721 | Received 14 Apr 2010, Accepted 06 Sep 2010, Published online: 09 Mar 2011

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