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. 2001 Dec;78(4):669–678. doi: 10.1093/jurban/78.4.669

25 years of HIV in New York City: Lessons from surveillance

New York City Department of Health HIV Epidemiology Group, Pauline Thomas 1,
PMCID: PMC3455868  PMID: 11796813

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Members of the New York City HIV Epidemiology Group are J. Fordvce, S. W. Forlenza, H. Makki, B. Mojica, D. Nash, V. Peters, J. Sackoff, S. Schwartz, T. P. Singh, P. Thomas, I. Torian, and I. Weisfuse.

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