The singles scene: Safe sex practices and attitudes among at-risk heterosexual adults

Psychology and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 171-182

  Rosenthal, Doreen ^a   Fernbach, Madeline ^a   Moore, Susan ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adults; HIV AIDS; Risk; Sex

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; ANAL SEX; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASES; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION; VIRAL DISEASES; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANAL SEX; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; HETEROSEXUALS; HIV INFECTIONS; OCEANIA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK BEHAVIOR; SEX BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION; VIRAL DISEASES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASE; HIV INFECTIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0031292496     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870449708407398     Document Type: Article

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