Virtual interactive interventions for reducing risky sex: Adaptations, integrations, and innovations

eHealth Applications: Promising Strategies for Behavior Change

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 79-95

  Miller, Lynn Carol ^a   Appleby, Paul Robert ^b   Christensen, John L ^c   Godoy, Carlos ^d   Si, Mei ^d   Corsbie Massay, Charisse ^b   Read, Stephen J ^g   Marsella, Stacy ^e   Anderson, Alexandra N ^b   Klatt, Jennifer ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Keck School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^g University of Duisburg Essen ^*

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