Hess, Kristen L.
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DiNenno, Elizabeth
Sionean, Catlainn
Ivy, Wade
Paz-Bailey, Gabriela
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (PS11-001)
Article History
First Online: 18 January 2016
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: This work was funded by a cooperative agreement between the Health Departments of the 20 study U.S. cities (Atlanta, Georgia; Baltimore, Maryland; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas, Texas; Denver, Colorado; Detroit, Michigan; Houston, Texas; Los Angeles, California; Miami, Florida; Nassau, New York; Newark, New Jersey; New Orleans, Louisiana; New York City, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; San Diego, California; San Francisco, California; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Seattle, Washington; and Washington, District of Columbia) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Funding Opportunity Announcement #PS11-001).