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Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
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Safe sex or safe love: Competing discourses?

Pages 35-47 | Published online: 27 May 2010

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M Wulff & A Lalos. (2004) The condom in relation to prevention of sexually transmitted infections and as a contraceptive method in Sweden. The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care 9:2, pages 69-77.
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