Examining the context of microbicide acceptability among married women and men in India

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 351-369

  Tolley, Elizabeth E ^a   Eng, Eugenia ^b   Kohli, Rewa ^c   Bentley, Margaret E ^b   Mehendale, Sanjay ^c   Bunce, Arwen ^a   Severy, Lawrence J ^a  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c National AIDS Research Center   (India)

Author keywords

Couples; HIV; Psychometric scale development; Risk perception; Sexual power

Indexed keywords

MICROBICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MARRIAGE; MARRIED MAN; MARRIED WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; NARRATION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SPOUSES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33746397065     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050600793071     Document Type: Article

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