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Crystallizing the HIV Epidemic: Methamphetamine, Unsafe Sex, and Gay Diseases of the Will

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    Heather Worth Ph.D. & Patrick Rawstorne B.A.(Hons.)

  2. National Centre in HIV Social Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, New South Wales, Australia

    Heather Worth Ph.D.

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Worth, H., Rawstorne, P. Crystallizing the HIV Epidemic: Methamphetamine, Unsafe Sex, and Gay Diseases of the Will. Arch Sex Behav 34, 483–486 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-005-6274-9

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