Increasing the effectiveness of vaginal microbicides: a biophysical framework to rethink behavioral acceptability.

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Published in PLoS One on November 22, 2010

Authors

Stéphane Verguet1, Bethany Young Holt, Andrew J Szeri

Author Affiliations

1: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA. verguet@uw.edu

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