Evaluating the impact of criminal laws on HIV risk behavior.
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Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, at pages 224-238 (2002). This assessment was supported by Cooperative Agreement Number U50/CCU319118-01, and Grant Number RO6/CCR118660-01 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of CDC. The authors would like to acknowledge the wonderful help and support of Kim Blankenship, Patricia Case, Matt Cook, Lawrence Gostin, David Gregorio, Amy Hozer, Jennifer McSweeney, Thomas Peterman, Dwayne Proctor and Ruotao Wang. Center for Law and the Public’s Health at Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Hampton House, Room 580 624 N. Broadway Baltimore, MD 21205 (410) 955-7624 www.publichealthlaw.net
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics
دوره 30 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002