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Bring safe sex to China

China's discomfort over discussing sex, and especially homosexuality, is a major problem when it comes to HIV, says a consortium of researchers in China.

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Shang, H., Xu, J., Han, X. et al. Bring safe sex to China. Nature 485, 576–577 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/485576a

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