Drumright, Lydia N.
Weir, Sharon S.
Frost, Simon D. W.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (AI36214, AI07384)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA24998)
California HIV/AIDS Research Program (F06-SD-258)
National Institute of Nursing Research (NR10961)
Clinical Research Council (UK-CRC G0800777)
National Institute for Health Research (CDF-2011-04-017)
Article History
Received: 12 April 2017
Accepted: 1 February 2018
First Online: 7 February 2018
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