Predictors of female condom use among women exchanging street sex in New York City

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 93-100

  Witte, Susan S ^a   Wada, Takeshi ^a   El Bassel, Nabila ^a   Gilbert, Louisa ^a   Wallace, Joyce ^b  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b Found Res Sexually Transmitted D   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; FEMALE; FEMALE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033964935     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200002000-00007     Document Type: Article

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