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Psychometric assessment of scales measuring HIV public stigma, drug-use public stigma and fear of HIV infection among young adolescents and their parents

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Pages 39-45 | Received 19 Nov 2010, Accepted 26 May 2011, Published online: 14 Jul 2011

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