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Original Articles

Sexual risk behaviors and psychosocial health concerns of female-to-male transgender men screening for STDs at an urban community health center

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Pages 857-864 | Received 03 Apr 2013, Accepted 10 Oct 2013, Published online: 09 Nov 2013

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