Barriers to safer sex: Beliefs and attitudes among male and female adult heterosexuals across four relationship groups

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-163

  Moore, Susan ^a,b   Halford, Andrea Parker ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heterosexual adults; HIV AIDS; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; NAMED GROUPS BY OCCUPATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0345211479     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135910539900400210     Document Type: Article

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