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. 2004 Jun;80(3):159–166. doi: 10.1136/sti.2004.009571

Recent trends in HIV and other STIs in the United Kingdom: data to the end of 2002

A Brown 1, K Sadler 1, S Tomkins 1, C McGarrigle 1, D LaMontagne 1, D Goldberg 1, P Tookey 1, B Smyth 1, D Thomas 1, G Murphy 1, J Parry 1, B Evans 1, O Gill 1, F Ncube 1, K Fenton 1
PMCID: PMC1744850  PMID: 15169995

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