Men's extramarital sex, marital relationships and sexual risk in urban poor communities in India

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 614-624

  Schensul, Stephen L ^a   Mekki Berrada, Abdelwahed ^a   Nastasi, Bonnie K ^b   Singh, Rajendra ^c   Burleson, Joseph A ^a   Bojko, Martha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY RESEARCH   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Couples intervention; Extramarital sex; HIV STI; India; Marital relationship

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; KNOWLEDGE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 33748340455     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-006-9076-z     Document Type: Article

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