Correlates and predictors of risky sexual practices among a multi-racial/ethnic sample of university students

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 133-144

  Langer, Lilly M ^a   Warheit, George J ^b,c   McDonald, Linda Perez ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Florida International University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Condoms; HIV AIDS; Risky sex; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044523897     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2001.29.2.133     Document Type: Article

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