Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
Volume 20, Issue 5 , Pages 398-410 , September 2009

“There's No Pamphlet for the Kind of Sex I Have”: HIV-Related Risk Factors and Protective Behaviors Among Transgender Men Who Have Sex With Nontransgender Men

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 Editors' note: This article contains graphic language and content. JANAC's editorial staff is dedicated to preserving the integrity of the work of all of our authors. In qualitative research, this includes input from participants who are willing to share their experiences with the researcher and—eventually—with the reader. In this article, we have honored those individuals by leaving their words intact.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jana.2009.06.001

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
Volume 20, Issue 5 , Pages 398-410 , September 2009

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