Abstract
Results are discussed with respect to their implications for HIV prevention intervention and research. Recommendations include the development of new approaches and the adaptation of existing intervention techniques that recognize and treat persons with strong risk-taking predispositions.
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MedicineSeroconversionCohortVirologyHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)Environmental healthDemographyImmunologyInternal medicine
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- 1996
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- article
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 453-460
- Citations
- 48
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Wayne DiFranceisco,
David G. Ostrow,
Joan S. Chmiel
(1996).
Sexual Adventurism, High-Risk Behavior, and Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Seroconversion Among the Chicago MACS-CCS Cohort, 1984 to 1992.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
, 23
(6)
, 453-460.
https://doi.org/10.1097/00007435-199611000-00003
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- 10.1097/00007435-199611000-00003