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Research Article

The impact of depression and post-traumatic stress symptoms on physical health perceptions and functional impairment among sexual minority men living with HIV with histories of trauma

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Pages 1288-1296 | Received 23 Dec 2020, Accepted 09 Aug 2021, Published online: 17 Aug 2021

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