Risk and protective behaviours of bisexual minority women: A qualitative analysis

International Nursing Review

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-122

  Champion, J D ^a   Wilford, K ^b   Shain, R N ^a   Piper, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexual; Minority; Sexual risk behaviour; STD; Women

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MINORITY GROUP; PROTECTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18844389756     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-2435.2005.00246.x     Document Type: Article

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