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Original Article

Drug use, AIDS Knowledge, and HIV Risk Behaviors of Cuban-, Mexican-, and Puerto-Rican-Born Drug Injectors who are Recent Entrants into the United States

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Pages 1765-1793 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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