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Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
Volume 22, 2010 - Issue 10
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The semantics of sexual behavior and their implications for HIV/AIDS research and sexual health: US and UK gay men's definitions of having “had sex”

B.J. Hill The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Indiana University, 1165 East Third Street, Morrison Hall 313, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA; Department of Gender Studies, Indiana University, Memorial Hall 131, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Q. Rahman School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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D.A. Bright School of Psychology, University of East London, London, UK
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S.A. Sanders The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Indiana University, 1165 East Third Street, Morrison Hall 313, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA; Department of Gender Studies, Indiana University, Memorial Hall 131, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA
Pages 1245-1251 | Received 13 Oct 2009, Published online: 16 Jul 2010

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