Factor structure of condom attitudes among black South African university students

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 265-274

  Madu, Sylvester N ^a   Peltzer, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Condom attitude scale; Factor structure; South Africa; University students

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038456000     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2003.31.3.265     Document Type: Article

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