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Faye S Taxman1, Scott T Walters2, Lincoln B Sloas1

  • 1George Mason University, Department of Criminology, Law and Society and Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence (ACE!), 4087 University Drive, Suite 4100, MSN 6D3, Fairfax, VA 22030, United States.

Contemporary Clinical Trials
|May 27, 2015
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Computer-delivered interventionsCriminal behaviorHIV riskMAPITMotivational interviewingSubstance usee-Health

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