Sensation seeking and HIV serodiscordant couples

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3-11

  Israel, Heidi ^a   Romeis, James ^b   Spitz, Teresa ^c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV serodiscordant couples; Sensation seeking; Sexual risk taking; Unsafe sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644780947     PISSN: 10553290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jana.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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