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Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
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Development and validation of a culturally appropriate HIV/AIDS Stigma Scale for Puerto Rican health professionals in training

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Pages 1259-1270 | Received 24 May 2008, Published online: 02 Oct 2009

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