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AIDS and Behavior: An Integrated Approach

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AIDS and Behavior: An Integrated Approach
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Publisher: National Academies
ISBN/ASIN: 0309050936
ISBN-13: 9780309050937
Number of pages: 61

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This volume candidly discusses the sexual and drug-use behaviors that promote transmission of HIV and reports on the latest efforts to monitor the epidemic in its social contexts. The committee reviews new findings on how and why risky behaviors occur and efforts to develop strategies for changing such behaviors.

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