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Research Article

HIV/AIDS knowledge and attitudes towards HIV and condom use among internally displaced Libyan males. Is there a need to implement sex education?

Fauzi Elamouria College of Public Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand;b Medical School Hamburg, Hamburg, GermanyView further author information
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Jürgen Kurt Rockstrohc Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, GermanyView further author information
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Worapath Kratooa College of Public Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, ThailandView further author information
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Yuka Miyaharad Medical Sciences Program, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, ThailandView further author information
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Tepanata Pumpaiboola College of Public Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, ThailandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Article: 2305554 | Received 17 Sep 2023, Accepted 08 Jan 2024, Published online: 25 Jan 2024

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