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Heather Wipfli1, Jim Arinaitwe2, Fastone Goma3

  • 1Keck School of Medicine, Department of Preventative Medicine, University of Southern California, 2001 N. Soto Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA. hwipfli@usc.edu.

概括

这项研究测试了尼古丁替代疗法 (NRT) 和短信短信用于非洲艾滋病毒感染者戒烟. 调查结果将为成本有效的干预措施提供信息,以减少这一弱势群体的烟草使用.

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