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Sentencing risk: history of incarceration and HIV/STD transmission risk behaviours among Black men who have sex with men in Massachusetts

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Pages 329-345 | Received 21 Feb 2011, Accepted 08 Nov 2011, Published online: 08 Dec 2011

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