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George Miiro, Jeff DeCelles, Rwamahe Rutakumwa, Jessica Nakiyingi-Miiro, Philip Muzira, Wilber Ssembajjwe, Saidat Musoke, Lorna J. Gibson, Rebecca B. Hershow, Suzanna Francis, Belen Torondel, David A. Ross, Helen A. Weiss, On behalf of the MENISCUS project
Soccer-based promotion of voluntary medical male circumcision: A mixed-methods feasibility study with secondary students in Uganda
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