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Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
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An exploration of contextual factors that influence HIV risk in female sex workers in Mexico: The Social Ecological Model applied to HIV risk behaviors

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Pages 1335-1342 | Received 17 Sep 2008, Published online: 02 Oct 2009

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