College students' perceptions of the prevalence of risky sexual behaviour

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 453-466

  Seal, D W ^a,c   Agostinelli, G ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE; CONDOM; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STUDENT;

EID: 0029763917     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540129650125641     Document Type: Article

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