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Recommended Guidelines on Using Social Networking Technologies for HIV Prevention Research

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The author wishes to thank Thomas Coates for feedback on previous versions of this manuscript and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) for providing funding for this work (1K01MH090884-01). Funding support provided by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).

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Young, S.D. Recommended Guidelines on Using Social Networking Technologies for HIV Prevention Research. AIDS Behav 16, 1743–1745 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-012-0251-9

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