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Human Sexuality and Aids: The Case of Male Bisexuality

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AIDS and Women’s Reproductive Health

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The rapid spread of the international AIDS pandemic has forced us to confront the limitations in our understanding of a whole range of social and behavioral factors linked to infection with HIV (11). Nowhere has this been more evident than in studies of sexual behavior, the single most important mode of HIV transmission in almost every society. Yet, in spite of its obvious importance, human sexuality has suffered a long history of scientific neglect, leaving us largely unprepared to deal with many of the most important issues raised by the sexual transmission of HIV (1).

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    Richard G. Parker

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Parker, R.G., Carballo, M. (1991). Human Sexuality and Aids: The Case of Male Bisexuality. In: Chen, L.C., Amor, J.S., Segal, S.J., Anderson, J.M. (eds) AIDS and Women’s Reproductive Health. Reproductive Biology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3354-2_10

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