Much useful information can be obtained from a knowledge of people's sexual habits, not least information about AIDS. Such studies should be judged by scientists, not by politicians.
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Wellings, K., Wadsworth, J., Field, J. et al. Sexual lifestyles under scrutiny. Nature 348, 276–278 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1038/348276a0
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