Experience of condom failure among a representative sample of men

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 217-222

  De Visser, Richard O ^a   Smith, Anthony M A ^a   Rissel, Chris E ^b   Richters, Juliet ^c   Grulich, Andrew E ^d  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONDOM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TELEPHONE; DEMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CONDOMS; DEMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037739997     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2003.tb00811.x     Document Type: Article

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