Condom use and partner characteristics among young adult males in Urban Ghana, aged 15-24

Social Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 234-255

  Gray, Bradley ^a   Morgan, Gwendolyn T ^b   Shirer, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONDOM; GHANA; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOMS; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 0035470690     PISSN: 0037766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.2001.9989037     Document Type: Article

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