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QUALITATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON SEXUAL HEALTH AND THE DECREASED SEXUAL DESIRE SCREENER (DSDS) AMONG A MULTI-ETHNIC SAMPLE OF NEWLY-ARRIVED REFUGEE WOMEN

May 2014
Journal of Sexual Medicine 11:214-214

DOI:10.1111/jsm.12573

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Erica Garza

National Louis University

Crista Johnson-Agbakwu

Arizona State University

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