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. 2006 Mar 11;332(7541):605-7.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.605.

Risk compensation: the Achilles' heel of innovations in HIV prevention?

Michael M Cassell¹, Daniel T Halperin, James D Shelton, David Stanton

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PMID: 16528088
PMCID: PMC1397752
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.605

Review

Risk compensation: the Achilles' heel of innovations in HIV prevention?

Michael M Cassell et al. BMJ. 2006.

. 2006 Mar 11;332(7541):605-7.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.605.

Authors

Michael M Cassell¹, Daniel T Halperin, James D Shelton, David Stanton

Affiliation

¹ Office of HIV/AIDS, United States Agency for International Development, Washington, DC 20523-3700, USA. mcassell@usaid.gov

PMID: 16528088
PMCID: PMC1397752
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.605

Abstract

The benefits of new methods of prevention of HIV could be jeopardised if they are not accompanied by efforts to change risky behaviour

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