Sexual lifestyle of long distance lorry drivers in India: questionnaire survey.

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Published in BMJ on January 16, 1999

Authors

K S Rao1, R D Pilli, A S Rao, P S Chalam

Author Affiliations

1: AIDS Prevention Division, Child Foundation of India, Visakhapatnam 530 008, Andhra Pradesh, India.

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