The future of female-controlled barrier methods for HIV prevention: Female condoms and lessons learned

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 501-516

  Kaler, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FEMALE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 3042759331     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050410001701948     Document Type: Article

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