HIV-protection through condom use: Testing the theory of planned behaviour in a community sample of heterosexual men in a high-income country

Psychology and Health

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 541-555

  Gredig, Daniel ^a   Nideroest, Sibylle ^a   Parpan Blaser, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Heterosexual men; HIV protection behaviour; HIV AIDS; Socio cognitive models; Theory of planned behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748873732     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14768320500329417     Document Type: Article

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