American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 5 , Pages 468-471 , November 2009

Ending the Epidemic of Heterosexual HIV Transmission Among African Americans

  • Adaora A. Adimora, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Adaora A. Adimora, MD, MPH, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, 130 Mason Farm Road, CB 7030, Chapel Hill NC 27599-7030
    • ,
  • Victor J. Schoenbach, PhD

      Affiliations

    • UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • ,
  • Michelle A. Floris-Moore, MD

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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PII: S0749-3797(09)00491-7

doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.06.020

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 5 , Pages 468-471 , November 2009

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