Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
Volume 21, Issue 5 , Pages 439-443 , September 2010

HIV Optimism and High-Risk Sexual Behavior in Two Cohorts of Men Who Have Sex With Men

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 Carolyn M.P. Hagan is now in the Department of Psychology at York University.

PII: S1055-3290(10)00111-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jana.2010.06.001

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
Volume 21, Issue 5 , Pages 439-443 , September 2010

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