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The Design, Participants, and Selected Early Findings of the HIV Epidemiology Research (HER) Study

A Prospective Cohort Study of the Impact of HIV Infection on the Health of American Women

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  1. Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 30333

    Dawn K. Smith & Janet S. Moore

  2. Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 30033

    Dora Warren

  3. Department of Epidemiology, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21205

    Liza Solomon

  4. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, 48201

    Paula Schuman

  5. Division of General Internal Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, 02903

    Michael Stein

  6. Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 10467

    Barbara Greenberg

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Smith, D.K. et al. (2002). The Design, Participants, and Selected Early Findings of the HIV Epidemiology Research (HER) Study. In: O’Leary, A., Jemmott, L.S. (eds) Women and AIDS. AIDS Prevention and Mental Health. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47140-X_8

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