Using cultural consensus analysis to study sexual risk perception: A report on a pilot study

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 339-352

  Swora, Maria Gabrielle ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAFE SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 0038263082     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369105011000028264     Document Type: Article

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