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Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
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Psychosocial risk factors for HIV sexual risk among Indian men who have sex with men

Matthew J. MimiagaDepartment of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA;Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA;The Fenway Institute, Fenway Community Health, Boston, MA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Katie Brooks BielloDepartment of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA;The Fenway Institute, Fenway Community Health, Boston, MA, USA
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Murugesan SivasubramanianThe Humsafar Trust, Mumbai, India
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Kenneth H. MayerThe Fenway Institute, Fenway Community Health, Boston, MA, USA;Department of Infectious Diseases, Harvard Medical School/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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Vivek Raj AnandThe Humsafar Trust, Mumbai, India
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Steven A. SafrenDepartment of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA;The Fenway Institute, Fenway Community Health, Boston, MA, USA
Pages 1109-1113 | Received 20 Aug 2012, Accepted 09 Nov 2012, Published online: 23 Jan 2013

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