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Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
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Social support networks and medical service use among HIV-positive injection drug users: implications to intervention

A. R. Knowlton Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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W. Hua Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA
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C. Latkin Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA
Pages 479-492 | Published online: 27 Sep 2010

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