Trying to practice safer sex: Development of the sexual risks scale

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-25

  DeHart, Dana D ^a   Birkimer, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0030839716     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224499709551860     Document Type: Article

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