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Are young practising Catholics less at risk of AIDS?

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  1. Sezione sanitaria, Dipartimento Opere Sociali, CH-6500, Bellinzona

    Gianfranco Domenighetti, Claude France Carrel, Manuela Perucchi & Peggy Lopipero

  2. Department of Biomedical and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

    Peggy Lopipero

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Domenighetti, G., Carrel, C.F., Perucchi, M. et al. Are young practising Catholics less at risk of AIDS?. Soz Präventivmed 36, 202–203 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01352700

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