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Introduction to the Special Section on Sexual Health in Gay and Bisexual Male Couples

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  1. Editor’s note: The articles in this special section were all published online first in 2013; hence, the references use an online first publication date of 2013.

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  1. Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University, 625 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 2700, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA

    Brian Mustanski

  2. Department of Psychology, Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York, NY, USA

    Jeffrey T. Parsons

  3. Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training, Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY, USA

    Jeffrey T. Parsons

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Mustanski, B., Parsons, J.T. Introduction to the Special Section on Sexual Health in Gay and Bisexual Male Couples. Arch Sex Behav 43, 17–19 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-013-0228-4

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