Romance and risk: Romantic attraction and health risks in the process of relationship formation

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 273-285

  Fishbein, Martin ^a   Hennessy, M ^a   Yzer, M ^b   Curtis, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 3342941615     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500410001721846     Document Type: Article

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