Safer sex and condom use among a representative sample of adults

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 223-229

  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

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; PROTECTION; RELIABILITY; RESIDENT; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMOKING HABIT; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CONDOMS; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFE SEX;

EID: 0037847521     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2003.tb00812.x     Document Type: Article

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