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Review
. 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 Cassell  1 , Daniel T Halperin, James D Shelton, David Stanton
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Review

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

Michael M Cassell et al. BMJ. .

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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Raising risk awareness in San Francisco nightclubs Credit: STOPAIDS
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