Short-term acceptability of the Reality® polyurethane female condom and a synthetic latex prototype: A randomized crossover trial among South African women

Contraception

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 394-398

  Smit, Jenni ^a   Beksinska, Mags ^a   Vijayakumar, Gowri ^b   Mabude, Zonke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Barrier methods; Female condom; Reality

Indexed keywords

LATEX; POLYURETHAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDOM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUBRICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; CONDOMS, FEMALE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATEX; LUBRICATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYURETHANES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 33644863587     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2005.10.019     Document Type: Article

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