Urban African-American men speak out on sexual partner concurrency: findings from a qualitative study.

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Published in AIDS Behav on May 16, 2008

Authors

Michael P Carey1, Theresa E Senn, Derek X Seward, Peter A Vanable

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Health and Behavior, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244-2340, USA. mpcarey@syr.edu

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